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Richard Foord vs Ed Davey

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


Voting alignment

Richard Foord and Ed Davey voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 371 shared comparable votes.

367 same votes 4 different votes 371 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
24 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 52 shared votes
24 Aye 28 No
16 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 33 shared votes
16 Aye 17 No
11 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
5 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
5 Aye 22 No
14 Aye 3 No
Energy 100% aligned 17 shared votes
14 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 28 No
Migration 98% aligned 44 shared votes
17 Aye 27 No
24 Aye 28 No
Tax 100% aligned 52 shared votes
24 Aye 28 No
16 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 33 shared votes
16 Aye 17 No
11 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
5 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
5 Aye 22 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
60.4 %
12 % below average
Rank 572 of 649
654
1,072 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,271
2,106 eligible divisions
350
53.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
713
56.1 % of votes cast
304
46.5 % of votes cast
No votes
558
43.9 % of votes cast
4
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
6
0.5 % of votes cast
4 years, 1 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

232
+154.1 vs Commons average
Rank 9 of 650
Appearances
60
-17.9 vs Commons average
Rank 365 of 650
256
+117.7 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 650
Contributions
98
-40.3 vs Commons average
Rank 323 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
£2,538,367
all imported IPSA years
£302,531
34 % above average
Latest expenses
£294,578
30 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
13
5 registered categories
6
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
11
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
170 of 188 votes
Environment / Climate
16 of 20 votes
#2
Housing
33 of 43 votes
#3
Migration
113 of 163 votes
Migration
74 of 97 votes
#4
NHS / Health
36 of 52 votes
Digital / Online Safety
32 of 44 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
122 of 194 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API