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Richard Foord vs Dr Simon Opher

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


Voting alignment

Richard Foord and Dr Simon Opher voted the same way 21% of the time, based on 275 shared comparable votes.

58 same votes 217 different votes 275 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
7 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 78% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 4 No
Benefits 67% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 1 No
Energy 60% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 33% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 0 No
Transport 0% aligned 6 shared votes
0 Aye 6 No
30 Aye 33 No
Tax 5% aligned 63 shared votes
36 Aye 27 No
11 Aye 17 No
Education 7% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
22 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 34 shared votes
11 Aye 23 No
8 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 13% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

61.3%
11% below average
Rank 567 of 650
Participation
80.0%
7% above average
Rank 197 of 650
669
1,092 eligible divisions
Total votes
476
595 eligible divisions
361
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
225
47.3% of votes cast
308
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
251
52.7% of votes cast
4
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
7
1.5% of votes cast
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

247
+162.3 vs Commons average
Rank 10 of 650
Appearances
51
-33.7 vs Commons average
Rank 451 of 650
270
+122.3 vs Commons average
Rank 78 of 650
Contributions
75
-72.7 vs Commons average
Rank 434 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
£204,255
all imported IPSA years
£302,531
34% above average
Latest expenses
£204,255
10% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
11
5 registered categories
6
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
25 of 30 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
16 of 20 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Housing
34 of 44 votes
#3
Trade
7 of 7 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 17 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
5 of 5 votes
Migration
74 of 97 votes
#5
Defence
33 of 34 votes

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