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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.

Photograph of Richard Foord
Richard Foord
LD Honiton and Sidmouth
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Greg Smith
Con Mid Buckinghamshire

Voting alignment

Richard Foord and Greg Smith voted the same way 39% of the time, based on 562 shared comparable votes.

220 same votes 342 different votes 562 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

61.0 %
12 % below average
Rank 566 of 649
Participation
88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 31 of 649
654
1,072 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,459
1,643 eligible divisions
350
53.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
710
48.7 % of votes cast
304
46.5 % of votes cast
No votes
749
51.3 % of votes cast
4
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
21
1.4 % of votes cast
4 years, 1 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

231
+153.4 vs Commons average
Rank 9 of 649
Appearances
198
+120.4 vs Commons average
Rank 14 of 649
255
+117.1 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 649
Contributions
232
+94.1 vs Commons average
Rank 96 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
£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
10
3 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
33 of 43 votes
#3
Trade
52 of 53 votes
Migration
74 of 97 votes
#4
Migration
149 of 154 votes
Digital / Online Safety
32 of 44 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Royal Albert Hall Bill [Lords]: Revival 15 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
Aye
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