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Richard Foord vs Dr Ellie Chowns

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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Photograph of Dr Ellie Chowns
Dr Ellie Chowns
Green North Herefordshire

Voting alignment

Richard Foord and Dr Ellie Chowns voted the same way 64% of the time, based on 263 shared comparable votes.

169 same votes 94 different votes 263 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 1 No
Energy 100% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
7 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 90% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 90% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
19 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 81% aligned 37 shared votes
18 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 19% aligned 26 shared votes
21 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 20 No
Education 40% aligned 25 shared votes
14 Aye 11 No
15 Aye 23 No
Tax 42% aligned 38 shared votes
23 Aye 15 No
5 Aye 1 No
Transport 50% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
13 Aye 9 No
Defence 55% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 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
80.0%
7% above average
Rank 197 of 649
664
1,087 eligible divisions
Total votes
472
590 eligible divisions
358
53.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
264
55.9% of votes cast
306
46.1% of votes cast
No votes
208
44.1% 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, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

235
+152.7 vs Commons average
Rank 10 of 649
Appearances
225
+142.7 vs Commons average
Rank 11 of 649
257
+113.5 vs Commons average
Rank 80 of 649
Contributions
336
+192.5 vs Commons average
Rank 48 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
£176,497
all imported IPSA years
£302,531
34% above average
Latest expenses
£176,497
22% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
6
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Environment / Climate
16 of 20 votes
#2
Housing
31 of 32 votes
Housing
34 of 44 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 17 votes
#4
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Migration
74 of 97 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Children's School and Wellbeing Bill: Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 27 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (e) in lieu of Lords Amendment 102 15 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 43 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 35 15 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
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