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Richard Foord vs Graham Stringer

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
vs
Photograph of Graham Stringer
Graham Stringer
Lab Blackley and Middleton South

Voting alignment

Richard Foord and Graham Stringer voted the same way 58% of the time, based on 396 shared comparable votes.

228 same votes 168 different votes 396 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
14 Aye 4 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 18 shared votes
14 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 1 No
Trade 100% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 5 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
11 Aye 53 No
Migration 97% aligned 64 shared votes
13 Aye 51 No
12 Aye 1 No
Energy 92% aligned 13 shared votes
11 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 1 No
Transport 0% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
8 Aye 7 No
Education 20% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No
31 Aye 24 No
Tax 25% aligned 55 shared votes
34 Aye 21 No
1 Aye 5 No
Benefits 33% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 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
57.7%
15% below average
Rank 589 of 649
664
1,087 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,372
2,376 eligible divisions
358
53.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
685
49.9% of votes cast
306
46.1% of votes cast
No votes
687
50.1% of votes cast
4
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
115
8.4% of votes cast
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

244
+160.3 vs Commons average
Rank 10 of 649
Appearances
56
-27.7 vs Commons average
Rank 416 of 649
267
+121.1 vs Commons average
Rank 78 of 649
Contributions
44
-101.9 vs Commons average
Rank 533 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
£2,011,354
all imported IPSA years
£302,531
34% above average
Latest expenses
£160,334
29% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
2 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
Migration
123 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
16 of 20 votes
#2
NHS / Health
40 of 56 votes
Housing
34 of 44 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
47 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 17 votes
#4
Defence
47 of 71 votes
Migration
74 of 97 votes
#5
Housing
44 of 67 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
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