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Richard Foord vs Ian Lavery

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


Voting alignment

Richard Foord and Ian Lavery voted the same way 54% of the time, based on 526 shared comparable votes.

284 same votes 242 different votes 526 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
4 Aye 1 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
15 Aye 53 No
Migration 99% aligned 68 shared votes
16 Aye 52 No
12 Aye 6 No
Foreign Affairs 94% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 2 No
Trade 89% aligned 9 shared votes
8 Aye 1 No
18 Aye 3 No
Energy 81% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 1 No
Transport 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
14 Aye 22 No
Education 14% aligned 36 shared votes
25 Aye 11 No
41 Aye 32 No
Tax 25% aligned 73 shared votes
46 Aye 27 No
22 Aye 11 No
Defence 36% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
9 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 37% aligned 38 shared votes
23 Aye 15 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
76.3%
4% above average
Rank 278 of 649
664
1,087 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,813
2,376 eligible divisions
358
53.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,004
55.4% of votes cast
306
46.1% of votes cast
No votes
809
44.6% of votes cast
4
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.3% of votes cast
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

244
+160.3 vs Commons average
Rank 10 of 649
Appearances
86
+2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 649
267
+121.1 vs Commons average
Rank 78 of 649
Contributions
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 307 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
£3,105,352
all imported IPSA years
£302,531
34% above average
Latest expenses
£309,158
37% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
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
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
16 of 20 votes
#2
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Housing
34 of 44 votes
#3
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 17 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
Migration
74 of 97 votes
#5
Migration
149 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

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