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Richard Foord vs Mr Alistair Carmichael

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


Voting alignment

Richard Foord and Mr Alistair Carmichael voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 466 shared comparable votes.

463 same votes 3 different votes 466 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
35 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 76 shared votes
35 Aye 41 No
13 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
15 Aye 9 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
6 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 24 shared votes
6 Aye 18 No
15 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 89% aligned 9 shared votes
8 Aye 1 No
16 Aye 35 No
Migration 98% aligned 51 shared votes
17 Aye 34 No
28 Aye 28 No
Crime / Justice 98% aligned 56 shared votes
27 Aye 29 No
35 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 76 shared votes
35 Aye 41 No
13 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 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
66.8%
6% below average
Rank 482 of 649
664
1,087 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,587
2,376 eligible divisions
358
53.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
912
57.5% of votes cast
306
46.1% of votes cast
No votes
675
42.5% of votes cast
4
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

244
+160.3 vs Commons average
Rank 10 of 649
Appearances
77
-6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 649
267
+121.1 vs Commons average
Rank 78 of 649
Contributions
119
-26.9 vs Commons average
Rank 277 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
£3,256,569
all imported IPSA years
£302,531
34% above average
Latest expenses
£319,374
41% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
4 registered categories
6
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
13
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
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
16 of 20 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Housing
34 of 44 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 17 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
Migration
74 of 97 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
176 of 230 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API