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Richard Foord vs Kirsty Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Richard Foord and Kirsty Blackman voted the same way 91% of the time, based on 291 shared comparable votes.

264 same votes 27 different votes 291 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
12 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
11 Aye 4 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 15 shared votes
11 Aye 4 No
11 Aye 1 No
Defence 100% aligned 12 shared votes
11 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 6 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 2 No
Education 33% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
7 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 56% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No
2 Aye 1 No
Transport 67% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
5 Aye 1 No
Democracy / Parliament 83% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
15 Aye 4 No
Energy 84% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 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
56.1 %
17 % below average
Rank 601 of 649
654
1,072 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,324
2,361 eligible divisions
350
53.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
755
57.0 % of votes cast
304
46.5 % of votes cast
No votes
569
43.0 % of votes cast
4
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
4 years, 1 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

232
+154.1 vs Commons average
Rank 9 of 650
Appearances
92
+14.1 vs Commons average
Rank 179 of 650
256
+117.7 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 650
Contributions
204
+65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 121 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£772,982
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,143,527
all imported IPSA years
£302,531
34 % above average
Latest expenses
£320,448
42 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
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
Brexit / EU
200 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
16 of 20 votes
#2
Trade
80 of 91 votes
Housing
33 of 43 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
35 of 43 votes
Migration
74 of 97 votes
#4
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
Digital / Online Safety
32 of 44 votes
#5
Migration
135 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

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