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Richard Foord vs Mike Reader

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


Voting alignment

Richard Foord and Mike Reader voted the same way 15% of the time, based on 253 shared comparable votes.

37 same votes 216 different votes 253 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
7 Aye 1 No
Energy 75% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 63% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 50% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
10 Aye 6 No
Defence 19% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 1 No
Transport 0% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
1 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 5% aligned 20 shared votes
20 Aye 0 No
24 Aye 30 No
Tax 6% aligned 54 shared votes
33 Aye 21 No
5 Aye 11 No
Housing 6% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 10 No
Benefits 7% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 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
73.4%
1% above average
Rank 351 of 649
664
1,087 eligible divisions
Total votes
433
590 eligible divisions
358
53.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
226
52.2% of votes cast
306
46.1% of votes cast
No votes
207
47.8% of votes cast
4
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
13
3.0% of votes cast
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

244
+160.3 vs Commons average
Rank 10 of 649
Appearances
74
-9.7 vs Commons average
Rank 299 of 649
267
+121.1 vs Commons average
Rank 78 of 649
Contributions
99
-46.9 vs Commons average
Rank 340 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£772,982
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£208,618
all imported IPSA years
£302,531
34% above average
Latest expenses
£208,618
8% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
11
4 registered categories
6
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
16 of 20 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Housing
34 of 44 votes
#3
Migration
12 of 13 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 17 votes
#4
Transport
24 of 29 votes
Migration
74 of 97 votes
#5
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API