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Richard Foord vs Dr Beccy Cooper

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


Voting alignment

Richard Foord and Dr Beccy Cooper voted the same way 23% of the time, based on 249 shared comparable votes.

58 same votes 191 different votes 249 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
8 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 73% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 71% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 6 No
Housing 60% aligned 10 shared votes
8 Aye 2 No
9 Aye 1 No
Energy 50% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 40% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 28 No
Tax 7% aligned 45 shared votes
31 Aye 14 No
7 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 7% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 8% aligned 26 shared votes
20 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 7 No
Education 12% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
21 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 13% aligned 40 shared votes
20 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

61.1%
12% below average
Rank 566 of 649
Participation
74.1%
1% above average
Rank 332 of 649
664
1,087 eligible divisions
Total votes
437
590 eligible divisions
358
53.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
224
51.3% of votes cast
306
46.1% of votes cast
No votes
213
48.7% of votes cast
4
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

248
+163.2 vs Commons average
Rank 10 of 650
Appearances
46
-38.8 vs Commons average
Rank 482 of 650
271
+123.3 vs Commons average
Rank 79 of 650
Contributions
65
-82.7 vs Commons average
Rank 464 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£772,982
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£235,147
all imported IPSA years
£302,531
34% above average
Latest expenses
£235,147
4% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
11
3 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
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Environment / Climate
16 of 20 votes
#2
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Housing
34 of 44 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 17 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Migration
74 of 97 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API