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Richard Foord vs James Murray

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


Voting alignment

Richard Foord and James Murray voted the same way 62% of the time, based on 497 shared comparable votes.

307 same votes 190 different votes 497 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
8 Aye 2 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 10 shared votes
8 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
15 Aye 46 No
Migration 97% aligned 61 shared votes
17 Aye 44 No
16 Aye 6 No
Foreign Affairs 95% aligned 22 shared votes
17 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 21 No
Education 13% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 2 No
Transport 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
42 Aye 39 No
Tax 22% aligned 81 shared votes
51 Aye 30 No
6 Aye 2 No
Benefits 25% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
13 Aye 8 No
Defence 43% aligned 21 shared votes
13 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
73.4%
1% above average
Rank 348 of 649
664
1,087 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,217
1,658 eligible divisions
358
53.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
647
53.2% of votes cast
306
46.1% of votes cast
No votes
570
46.8% of votes cast
4
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% 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
97
+14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 181 of 649
257
+113.5 vs Commons average
Rank 80 of 649
Contributions
757
+613.5 vs Commons average
Rank 6 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
£1,325,130
all imported IPSA years
£302,531
34% above average
Latest expenses
£293,355
30% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
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
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Environment / Climate
16 of 20 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
45 of 50 votes
Housing
34 of 44 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 54 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 17 votes
#4
Migration
132 of 154 votes
Migration
74 of 97 votes
#5
Education
58 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API