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Richard Foord vs Mr Douglas Alexander

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


Voting alignment

Richard Foord and Mr Douglas Alexander voted the same way 18% of the time, based on 159 shared comparable votes.

28 same votes 131 different votes 159 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 0 No
Energy 100% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 75% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 50% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 2 No
Benefits 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 1 No
Crime / Justice 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 8 No
Education 5% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 6% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No
18 Aye 23 No
Tax 7% aligned 41 shared votes
26 Aye 15 No
12 Aye 7 No
Defence 11% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
5 Aye 3 No
Housing 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 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
46.1%
27% below average
Rank 626 of 649
654
1,072 eligible divisions
Total votes
265
575 eligible divisions
350
53.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
117
44.2% of votes cast
304
46.5% of votes cast
No votes
148
55.8% of votes cast
4
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
4 years, 2 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

232
+154.1 vs Commons average
Rank 9 of 650
Appearances
46
-31.9 vs Commons average
Rank 454 of 650
256
+117.7 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 650
Contributions
204
+65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 119 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
£792,708
all imported IPSA years
£302,531
34% above average
Latest expenses
£91,911
59% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
2 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
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Environment / Climate
16 of 20 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
7 of 10 votes
Housing
33 of 43 votes
#3
Work / Employment
25 of 39 votes
Migration
74 of 97 votes
#4
Defence
20 of 34 votes
Digital / Online Safety
32 of 44 votes
#5
Tax
62 of 111 votes

Recent voting overlap

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