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Richard Foord vs Mrs Sharon Hodgson

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


Voting alignment

Richard Foord and Mrs Sharon Hodgson voted the same way 59% of the time, based on 460 shared comparable votes.

272 same votes 188 different votes 460 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 54 No
Migration 97% aligned 69 shared votes
17 Aye 52 No
16 Aye 7 No
Foreign Affairs 96% aligned 23 shared votes
17 Aye 6 No
13 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 90% aligned 20 shared votes
15 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 2 No
Trade 86% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 17 No
Education 9% aligned 23 shared votes
17 Aye 6 No
28 Aye 35 No
Tax 16% aligned 63 shared votes
39 Aye 24 No
2 Aye 1 No
Transport 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
22 Aye 7 No
Defence 38% aligned 29 shared votes
10 Aye 19 No
9 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 41% aligned 17 shared votes
11 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 566 of 649
Participation
71.8%
1% below average
Rank 383 of 649
664
1,087 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,707
2,376 eligible divisions
358
53.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
951
55.7% of votes cast
306
46.1% of votes cast
No votes
756
44.3% 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
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

244
+160.3 vs Commons average
Rank 10 of 649
Appearances
92
+8.3 vs Commons average
Rank 209 of 649
267
+121.1 vs Commons average
Rank 78 of 649
Contributions
219
+73.1 vs Commons average
Rank 120 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
£3,068,484
all imported IPSA years
£302,531
34% above average
Latest expenses
£282,668
25% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
6
3 registered categories
6
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
Environment / Climate
16 of 20 votes
#2
Migration
151 of 171 votes
Housing
34 of 44 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 17 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
Migration
74 of 97 votes
#5
Defence
57 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

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