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Richard Foord vs Mr Paul Foster

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


Voting alignment

Richard Foord and Mr Paul Foster voted the same way 16% of the time, based on 265 shared comparable votes.

42 same votes 223 different votes 265 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 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 73% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 1 No
Energy 55% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 33% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
16 Aye 5 No
Defence 19% aligned 21 shared votes
3 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 1 No
Transport 0% aligned 8 shared votes
1 Aye 7 No
16 Aye 32 No
Tax 6% aligned 48 shared votes
35 Aye 13 No
13 Aye 17 No
Education 7% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 7% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 8% aligned 26 shared votes
20 Aye 6 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 567 of 649
Participation
81.0%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 649
658
1,077 eligible divisions
Total votes
470
580 eligible divisions
353
53.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
238
50.6% of votes cast
305
46.4% of votes cast
No votes
232
49.4% of votes cast
4
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
7
1.5% of votes cast
4 years, 2 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

230
+151.3 vs Commons average
Rank 10 of 649
Appearances
37
-41.7 vs Commons average
Rank 509 of 649
255
+117.9 vs Commons average
Rank 75 of 649
Contributions
59
-78.1 vs Commons average
Rank 461 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
£194,848
all imported IPSA years
£302,531
34% above average
Latest expenses
£194,848
14% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
12
5 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
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Environment / Climate
16 of 20 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Housing
33 of 43 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 17 votes
#4
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Migration
74 of 97 votes
#5
Transport
28 of 29 votes

Recent voting overlap

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