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Richard Foord vs David Smith

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


Voting alignment

Richard Foord and David Smith voted the same way 15% of the time, based on 234 shared comparable votes.

35 same votes 199 different votes 234 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
6 Aye 0 No
Energy 83% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 75% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
8 Aye 5 No
Housing 38% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 33% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 1 No
Transport 0% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
21 Aye 23 No
Tax 7% aligned 44 shared votes
26 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 8% aligned 26 shared votes
20 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

61.2%
10% below average
Rank 553 of 649
Participation
69.4%
2% below average
Rank 431 of 649
660
1,079 eligible divisions
Total votes
404
582 eligible divisions
355
53.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
201
49.8% of votes cast
305
46.2% of votes cast
No votes
203
50.2% of votes cast
4
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
14
3.5% of votes cast
4 years, 2 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

233
+153.0 vs Commons average
Rank 10 of 649
Appearances
74
-6.0 vs Commons average
Rank 291 of 649
258
+118.6 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 649
Contributions
99
-40.4 vs Commons average
Rank 327 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
£182,965
all imported IPSA years
£302,531
34% above average
Latest expenses
£182,965
19% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
2 registered categories
6
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Environment / Climate
16 of 20 votes
#2
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Housing
33 of 43 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 17 votes
#4
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
Migration
74 of 97 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API