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Richard Foord vs Gareth Thomas

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


Voting alignment

Richard Foord and Gareth Thomas voted the same way 60% of the time, based on 445 shared comparable votes.

265 same votes 180 different votes 445 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
17 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 23 shared votes
17 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 2 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
15 Aye 49 No
Migration 97% aligned 64 shared votes
17 Aye 47 No
5 Aye 3 No
Foreign Affairs 88% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
7 Aye 1 No
Trade 88% aligned 8 shared votes
8 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 2 No
Transport 11% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 13 No
Education 19% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No
34 Aye 26 No
Tax 27% aligned 60 shared votes
38 Aye 22 No
7 Aye 4 No
Benefits 36% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 39% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 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
66.5%
6% below average
Rank 491 of 649
664
1,087 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
358
53.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
56.7% of votes cast
306
46.1% of votes cast
No votes
684
43.3% of votes cast
4
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

235
+152.7 vs Commons average
Rank 10 of 649
Appearances
43
-39.3 vs Commons average
Rank 488 of 649
257
+113.5 vs Commons average
Rank 80 of 649
Contributions
48
-95.5 vs Commons average
Rank 514 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
£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
£302,531
34% above average
Latest expenses
£293,113
30% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
6
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
14
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
180 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
16 of 20 votes
#2
Defence
59 of 71 votes
Housing
34 of 44 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 17 votes
#4
Transport
70 of 95 votes
Migration
74 of 97 votes
#5
Trade
67 of 91 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