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Richard Foord vs Michael Shanks

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


Voting alignment

Richard Foord and Michael Shanks voted the same way 37% of the time, based on 302 shared comparable votes.

113 same votes 189 different votes 302 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
8 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
5 Aye 22 No
Migration 96% aligned 27 shared votes
6 Aye 21 No
4 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 71% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 2 No
Energy 70% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 1 No
Transport 0% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 15 No
Education 4% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
25 Aye 30 No
Tax 11% aligned 55 shared votes
36 Aye 19 No
6 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 14% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
16 Aye 9 No
Defence 16% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 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
64.4%
8% below average
Rank 525 of 649
664
1,087 eligible divisions
Total votes
501
778 eligible divisions
358
53.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
236
47.1% of votes cast
306
46.1% of votes cast
No votes
265
52.9% of votes cast
4
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
5
1.0% of votes cast
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
3 years, 0 months
Since 5 Oct 2023

Debates

244
+160.4 vs Commons average
Rank 10 of 650
Appearances
100
+16.4 vs Commons average
Rank 169 of 650
267
+121.3 vs Commons average
Rank 78 of 650
Contributions
408
+262.3 vs Commons average
Rank 34 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
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£302,531
34% above average
Latest expenses
£272,859
21% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
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
13 of 14 votes
Environment / Climate
16 of 20 votes
#2
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Housing
34 of 44 votes
#3
Work / Employment
38 of 45 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 17 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Migration
74 of 97 votes
#5
Energy
20 of 26 votes

Recent voting overlap

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