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Richard Foord vs Mr Clive Betts

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


Voting alignment

Richard Foord and Mr Clive Betts voted the same way 57% of the time, based on 543 shared comparable votes.

308 same votes 235 different votes 543 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
5 Aye 6 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
15 Aye 44 No
Migration 97% aligned 59 shared votes
17 Aye 42 No
17 Aye 6 No
Foreign Affairs 96% aligned 23 shared votes
18 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 2 No
Trade 89% aligned 9 shared votes
8 Aye 1 No
20 Aye 3 No
Energy 78% aligned 23 shared votes
17 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 18 No
Education 16% aligned 25 shared votes
20 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 1 No
Transport 17% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
41 Aye 42 No
Tax 22% aligned 83 shared votes
54 Aye 29 No
7 Aye 3 No
Benefits 30% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
21 Aye 9 No
Defence 33% 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

61.0 %
12 % below average
Rank 566 of 649
Participation
76.5 %
4 % above average
Rank 277 of 649
654
1,072 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,805
2,361 eligible divisions
350
53.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,016
56.3 % of votes cast
304
46.5 % of votes cast
No votes
789
43.7 % of votes cast
4
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
4 years, 1 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
34 years, 3 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

231
+153.4 vs Commons average
Rank 9 of 649
Appearances
53
-24.6 vs Commons average
Rank 403 of 649
255
+117.2 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 649
Contributions
47
-90.8 vs Commons average
Rank 506 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
£3,039,074
all imported IPSA years
£302,531
34 % above average
Latest expenses
£311,690
38 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
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

Foreign Affairs
24 of 29 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
16 of 20 votes
#2
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Housing
33 of 43 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Migration
74 of 97 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
Digital / Online Safety
32 of 44 votes
#5
Work / Employment
65 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

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