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Richard Foord vs Ian Byrne

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


Voting alignment

Richard Foord and Ian Byrne voted the same way 60% of the time, based on 484 shared comparable votes.

288 same votes 196 different votes 484 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
5 Aye 6 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
15 Aye 45 No
Migration 98% aligned 60 shared votes
16 Aye 44 No
14 Aye 7 No
Foreign Affairs 95% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 1 No
Trade 88% aligned 8 shared votes
8 Aye 0 No
20 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 86% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 1 No
Transport 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 22 No
Education 21% aligned 34 shared votes
25 Aye 9 No
28 Aye 30 No
Tax 28% aligned 58 shared votes
40 Aye 18 No
17 Aye 8 No
Defence 32% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No
8 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 32% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 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
72.8%
same as average
Rank 361 of 649
664
1,087 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,207
1,658 eligible divisions
358
53.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
657
54.4% of votes cast
306
46.1% of votes cast
No votes
550
45.6% of votes cast
4
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
26
2.2% of votes cast
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

235
+152.7 vs Commons average
Rank 10 of 649
Appearances
49
-33.3 vs Commons average
Rank 451 of 649
257
+113.5 vs Commons average
Rank 80 of 649
Contributions
89
-54.5 vs Commons average
Rank 371 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
£1,324,572
all imported IPSA years
£302,531
34% above average
Latest expenses
£284,893
26% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
6
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
45 of 50 votes
Environment / Climate
16 of 20 votes
#2
Education
61 of 69 votes
Housing
34 of 44 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
37 of 44 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 17 votes
#4
Work / Employment
56 of 67 votes
Migration
74 of 97 votes
#5
Migration
128 of 154 votes

Recent voting overlap

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