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Richard Foord vs James McMurdock

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


Voting alignment

Richard Foord and James McMurdock voted the same way 71% of the time, based on 153 shared comparable votes.

108 same votes 45 different votes 153 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
3 Aye 1 No
Transport 100% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
18 Aye 29 No
Tax 94% aligned 47 shared votes
15 Aye 32 No
8 Aye 8 No
Education 88% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 3 No
Defence 88% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
12 Aye 6 No
Crime / Justice 78% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
9 Aye 1 No
Energy 40% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 6 No
Housing 54% aligned 13 shared votes
3 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 60% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 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
41.4%
31% below average
Rank 632 of 649
664
1,087 eligible divisions
Total votes
244
590 eligible divisions
358
53.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
119
48.8% of votes cast
306
46.1% of votes cast
No votes
125
51.2% of votes cast
4
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.4% of votes cast
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

235
+152.7 vs Commons average
Rank 10 of 649
Appearances
28
-54.3 vs Commons average
Rank 562 of 649
257
+113.5 vs Commons average
Rank 80 of 649
Contributions
33
-110.5 vs Commons average
Rank 565 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
£171,670
all imported IPSA years
£302,531
34% above average
Latest expenses
£171,670
24% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
6
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
16 of 20 votes
#2
Energy
14 of 20 votes
Housing
34 of 44 votes
#3
Migration
9 of 13 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 17 votes
#4
Tax
71 of 112 votes
Migration
74 of 97 votes
#5
Housing
19 of 32 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