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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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
61.2%
10% below average
Participation
69.4%
2% below average
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
Appearances
74
-6.0 vs Commons average
258
+118.6 vs Commons average
Contributions
99
-40.4 vs Commons average
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
No
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API