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Richard Foord vs Nick Smith

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


Voting alignment

Richard Foord and Nick Smith voted the same way 53% of the time, based on 536 shared comparable votes.

286 same votes 250 different votes 536 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 2 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
9 Aye 43 No
Migration 98% aligned 52 shared votes
10 Aye 42 No
11 Aye 5 No
Foreign Affairs 94% aligned 16 shared votes
12 Aye 4 No
22 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 84% aligned 31 shared votes
21 Aye 10 No
4 Aye 2 No
Trade 83% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 22 No
Education 11% aligned 36 shared votes
24 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 0 No
Transport 13% aligned 8 shared votes
1 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 10 No
Benefits 19% aligned 16 shared votes
11 Aye 5 No
41 Aye 37 No
Tax 22% aligned 78 shared votes
50 Aye 28 No
9 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 35% aligned 37 shared votes
23 Aye 14 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
74.9%
2% above average
Rank 313 of 649
664
1,087 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
358
53.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,016
57.1% of votes cast
306
46.1% of votes cast
No votes
763
42.9% of votes cast
4
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

244
+160.3 vs Commons average
Rank 10 of 649
Appearances
95
+11.3 vs Commons average
Rank 197 of 649
267
+121.1 vs Commons average
Rank 78 of 649
Contributions
125
-20.9 vs Commons average
Rank 260 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
£2,595,067
all imported IPSA years
£302,531
34% above average
Latest expenses
£251,492
11% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 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
Education
89 of 96 votes
Environment / Climate
16 of 20 votes
#2
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
Housing
34 of 44 votes
#3
Housing
59 of 67 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 17 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Migration
74 of 97 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API