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Richard Foord vs John McDonnell

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


Voting alignment

Richard Foord and John McDonnell voted the same way 61% of the time, based on 578 shared comparable votes.

350 same votes 228 different votes 578 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 56 No
Migration 99% aligned 71 shared votes
16 Aye 55 No
13 Aye 7 No
Foreign Affairs 95% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No
22 Aye 10 No
Digital / Online Safety 91% aligned 32 shared votes
21 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 2 No
Trade 89% aligned 9 shared votes
8 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 2 No
Transport 10% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
39 Aye 37 No
Tax 25% aligned 76 shared votes
50 Aye 26 No
13 Aye 19 No
Education 28% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 No
9 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 37% aligned 38 shared votes
23 Aye 15 No
19 Aye 10 No
Defence 41% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 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
79.2%
7% above average
Rank 218 of 649
664
1,087 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,881
2,376 eligible divisions
358
53.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,021
54.3% of votes cast
306
46.1% of votes cast
No votes
860
45.7% of votes cast
4
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
24
1.3% of votes cast
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

235
+152.7 vs Commons average
Rank 10 of 649
Appearances
125
+42.7 vs Commons average
Rank 104 of 649
257
+113.5 vs Commons average
Rank 80 of 649
Contributions
158
+14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 184 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
£2,684,777
all imported IPSA years
£302,531
34% above average
Latest expenses
£269,647
19% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
6
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
7
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
63 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
16 of 20 votes
#2
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
Housing
34 of 44 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 17 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Migration
74 of 97 votes
#5
Defence
63 of 71 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