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Richard Foord vs David Simmonds

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Richard Foord
Richard Foord
LD Honiton and Sidmouth
vs
Photograph of David Simmonds
David Simmonds
Con Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner

Voting alignment

Richard Foord and David Simmonds voted the same way 39% of the time, based on 493 shared comparable votes.

194 same votes 299 different votes 493 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
9 Aye 17 No
Education 85% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No
4 Aye 2 No
Transport 83% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
8 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 75% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
34 Aye 40 No
Tax 74% aligned 74 shared votes
27 Aye 47 No
8 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 57% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 6 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 5 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
17 Aye 7 No
Foreign Affairs 4% aligned 24 shared votes
6 Aye 18 No
17 Aye 52 No
Migration 9% aligned 69 shared votes
46 Aye 23 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

61.0 %
12 % below average
Rank 566 of 649
Participation
83.4 %
11 % above average
Rank 132 of 649
654
1,072 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,370
1,643 eligible divisions
350
53.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
660
48.2 % of votes cast
304
46.5 % of votes cast
No votes
710
51.8 % of votes cast
4
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7 % of votes cast
4 years, 1 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

231
+153.4 vs Commons average
Rank 9 of 649
Appearances
105
+27.4 vs Commons average
Rank 135 of 649
255
+117.1 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 649
Contributions
258
+120.1 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£772,982
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£302,531
34 % above average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
6
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Foreign Affairs
24 of 29 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 37 votes
Environment / Climate
16 of 20 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
Housing
33 of 43 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 53 votes
Migration
74 of 97 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 44 votes
Digital / Online Safety
32 of 44 votes
#5
Defence
62 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026 11 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026 4 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
No
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
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