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Richard Foord vs Melanie Ward
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Richard Foord and Melanie Ward voted the same way 17% of the time, based on 260 shared comparable votes.
44 same votes
216 different votes
260 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
61.0%
12% below average
Participation
75.8%
3% above average
654
1,072 eligible divisions
Total votes
436
575 eligible divisions
350
53.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
218
50.0% of votes cast
304
46.5% of votes cast
No votes
218
50.0% of votes cast
4
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
12
2.8% of votes cast
4 years, 2 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Debates
230
+151.7 vs Commons average
Appearances
71
-7.3 vs Commons average
255
+116.0 vs Commons average
Contributions
95
-44.0 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£772,982
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£195,558
all imported IPSA years
£302,531
34% above average
Latest expenses
£195,558
14% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
6
2 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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API