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Richard Foord vs Esther McVey

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


Voting alignment

Richard Foord and Esther McVey voted the same way 37% of the time, based on 364 shared comparable votes.

133 same votes 231 different votes 364 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 7 No
Education 85% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 1 No
Transport 83% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
18 Aye 21 No
Tax 82% aligned 39 shared votes
15 Aye 24 No
2 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 77% aligned 26 shared votes
6 Aye 20 No
15 Aye 9 No
Defence 63% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 1 No
Trade 0% aligned 8 shared votes
1 Aye 7 No
0 Aye 4 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
15 Aye 6 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
17 Aye 39 No
Migration 7% aligned 56 shared votes
35 Aye 21 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
64.7%
8% below average
Rank 522 of 649
664
1,087 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
358
53.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
630
45.9% of votes cast
306
46.1% of votes cast
No votes
743
54.1% of votes cast
4
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
54
3.9% of votes cast
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

244
+160.4 vs Commons average
Rank 10 of 650
Appearances
110
+26.4 vs Commons average
Rank 140 of 650
267
+121.3 vs Commons average
Rank 78 of 650
Contributions
161
+15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 182 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
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£302,531
34% above average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
7
3 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
24 of 29 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
16 of 20 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
Housing
34 of 44 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 17 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 87 votes
Migration
74 of 97 votes
#5
Transport
67 of 88 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API