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Richard Foord vs Lee Anderson

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

Photograph of Richard Foord
Richard Foord
LD Honiton and Sidmouth
vs
Photograph of Lee Anderson
Lee Anderson
RUK Ashfield

Voting alignment

Richard Foord and Lee Anderson voted the same way 38% of the time, based on 456 shared comparable votes.

174 same votes 282 different votes 456 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
10 Aye 10 No
Education 85% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
34 Aye 36 No
Tax 67% aligned 70 shared votes
21 Aye 49 No
8 Aye 7 No
Benefits 67% aligned 15 shared votes
3 Aye 12 No
4 Aye 2 No
Transport 67% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 63% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 2 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
17 Aye 44 No
Migration 2% aligned 61 shared votes
43 Aye 18 No
17 Aye 7 No
Foreign Affairs 4% aligned 24 shared votes
6 Aye 18 No
7 Aye 4 No
Trade 9% aligned 11 shared votes
3 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
75.2%
3% above average
Rank 306 of 649
664
1,087 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,247
1,658 eligible divisions
358
53.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
626
50.2% of votes cast
306
46.1% of votes cast
No votes
621
49.8% of votes cast
4
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
10
0.8% of votes cast
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

244
+160.4 vs Commons average
Rank 10 of 650
Appearances
57
-26.6 vs Commons average
Rank 403 of 650
267
+121.3 vs Commons average
Rank 78 of 650
Contributions
80
-65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 407 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
£1,149,279
all imported IPSA years
£302,531
34% above average
Latest expenses
£264,074
17% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
9
4 registered categories
6
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Trade
53 of 53 votes
Environment / Climate
16 of 20 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
Housing
34 of 44 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 17 votes
#4
NHS / Health
42 of 47 votes
Migration
74 of 97 votes
#5
Migration
134 of 154 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
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