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Richard Foord vs Greg Smith

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


Voting alignment

Richard Foord and Greg Smith voted the same way 39% of the time, based on 571 shared comparable votes.

222 same votes 349 different votes 571 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
9 Aye 20 No
Education 90% aligned 29 shared votes
8 Aye 21 No
5 Aye 1 No
Transport 83% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
41 Aye 43 No
Tax 71% aligned 84 shared votes
29 Aye 55 No
8 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 70% aligned 33 shared votes
10 Aye 23 No
6 Aye 9 No
Benefits 60% aligned 15 shared votes
2 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 6 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
17 Aye 56 No
Migration 1% aligned 73 shared votes
55 Aye 18 No
17 Aye 7 No
Foreign Affairs 4% aligned 24 shared votes
6 Aye 18 No
7 Aye 4 No
Trade 9% aligned 11 shared votes
3 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
88.7%
16% above average
Rank 31 of 649
664
1,087 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,471
1,658 eligible divisions
358
53.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
717
48.7% of votes cast
306
46.1% of votes cast
No votes
754
51.3% of votes cast
4
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.4% of votes cast
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

244
+160.4 vs Commons average
Rank 10 of 650
Appearances
217
+133.4 vs Commons average
Rank 15 of 650
267
+121.3 vs Commons average
Rank 78 of 650
Contributions
259
+113.3 vs Commons average
Rank 84 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
£1,059,267
all imported IPSA years
£302,531
34% above average
Latest expenses
£286,530
27% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
11
4 registered categories
6
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
63 of 63 votes
Environment / Climate
16 of 20 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
Housing
34 of 44 votes
#3
Trade
52 of 53 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 17 votes
#4
Migration
149 of 154 votes
Migration
74 of 97 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API