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Richard Foord vs Jeff Smith

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


Voting alignment

Richard Foord and Jeff Smith voted the same way 53% of the time, based on 541 shared comparable votes.

287 same votes 254 different votes 541 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
10 Aye 49 No
Migration 98% aligned 59 shared votes
11 Aye 48 No
12 Aye 6 No
Foreign Affairs 94% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 1 No
Trade 83% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
19 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 78% aligned 23 shared votes
18 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 2 No
Transport 10% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
14 Aye 18 No
Education 16% aligned 32 shared votes
21 Aye 11 No
37 Aye 38 No
Tax 19% aligned 75 shared votes
50 Aye 25 No
7 Aye 10 No
Benefits 24% aligned 17 shared votes
12 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 25% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 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
79.5 %
7 % above average
Rank 209 of 649
654
1,072 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,877
2,361 eligible divisions
350
53.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,024
54.6 % of votes cast
304
46.5 % of votes cast
No votes
853
45.4 % of votes cast
4
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
8
0.4 % of votes cast
4 years, 1 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
11 years, 2 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

231
+153.4 vs Commons average
Rank 9 of 649
Appearances
45
-32.6 vs Commons average
Rank 459 of 649
255
+117.1 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 649
Contributions
61
-76.9 vs Commons average
Rank 450 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
£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
£302,531
34 % above average
Latest expenses
£284,126
26 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
6
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Housing
61 of 66 votes
Environment / Climate
16 of 20 votes
#2
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
Housing
33 of 43 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 43 votes
Migration
74 of 97 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
32 of 44 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes

Recent voting overlap

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