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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 295 shared comparable votes.

267 same votes 28 different votes 295 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
8 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 80% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 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%
11% below average
Rank 563 of 650
Participation
55.4%
17% below average
Rank 603 of 650
681
1,117 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,333
2,406 eligible divisions
371
54.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
761
57.1% of votes cast
310
45.5% of votes cast
No votes
572
42.9% of votes cast
4
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
4 years, 4 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

250
+159.0 vs Commons average
Rank 13 of 650
Appearances
101
+10.0 vs Commons average
Rank 200 of 650
273
+114.5 vs Commons average
Rank 90 of 650
Contributions
149
-9.5 vs Commons average
Rank 233 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
35 of 42 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
200 of 212 votes
Housing
34 of 44 votes
#2
Trade
83 of 94 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 17 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
Migration
74 of 97 votes
#4
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
Environment / Climate
16 of 21 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