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Richard Foord vs Dr Andrew Murrison

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
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Dr Andrew Murrison
Con South West Wiltshire

Voting alignment

Richard Foord and Dr Andrew Murrison voted the same way 42% of the time, based on 539 shared comparable votes.

224 same votes 315 different votes 539 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
10 Aye 19 No
Education 90% aligned 29 shared votes
7 Aye 22 No
8 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 75% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
39 Aye 43 No
Tax 73% aligned 82 shared votes
27 Aye 55 No
5 Aye 2 No
Transport 71% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 9 No
Benefits 69% aligned 13 shared votes
2 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 6 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
17 Aye 55 No
Migration 6% aligned 72 shared votes
51 Aye 21 No
13 Aye 5 No
Foreign Affairs 6% aligned 18 shared votes
4 Aye 14 No
7 Aye 4 No
Trade 9% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 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
83.1 %
10 % above average
Rank 139 of 649
654
1,072 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,961
2,361 eligible divisions
350
53.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
935
47.7 % of votes cast
304
46.5 % of votes cast
No votes
1,026
52.3 % of votes cast
4
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3 % of votes cast
4 years, 1 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
25 years, 1 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

231
+153.4 vs Commons average
Rank 9 of 649
Appearances
216
+138.4 vs Commons average
Rank 11 of 649
255
+117.1 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 649
Contributions
261
+123.1 vs Commons average
Rank 67 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
£1,842,285
all imported IPSA years
£302,531
34 % above average
Latest expenses
£170,920
24 % below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
6
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
16 of 20 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Housing
33 of 43 votes
#3
Housing
61 of 66 votes
Migration
74 of 97 votes
#4
Migration
154 of 171 votes
Digital / Online Safety
32 of 44 votes
#5
Work / Employment
69 of 77 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
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Royal Albert Hall Bill [Lords]: Revival 15 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
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
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
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
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