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Richard Foord vs Nick Thomas-Symonds

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


Voting alignment

Richard Foord and Nick Thomas-Symonds voted the same way 71% of the time, based on 342 shared comparable votes.

243 same votes 99 different votes 342 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
11 Aye 4 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 15 shared votes
11 Aye 4 No
12 Aye 2 No
Energy 100% aligned 14 shared votes
12 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 6 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 5 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 2 No
Benefits 25% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
22 Aye 16 No
Tax 37% aligned 38 shared votes
24 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 5 No
Defence 50% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
18 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 60% aligned 35 shared votes
20 Aye 15 No
12 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 63% aligned 16 shared votes
10 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
62.6%
10% below average
Rank 549 of 649
664
1,087 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,488
2,376 eligible divisions
358
53.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
852
57.3% of votes cast
306
46.1% of votes cast
No votes
636
42.7% of votes cast
4
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.8% of votes cast
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

235
+152.7 vs Commons average
Rank 10 of 649
Appearances
55
-27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 649
257
+113.5 vs Commons average
Rank 80 of 649
Contributions
418
+274.5 vs Commons average
Rank 31 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
£2,131,457
all imported IPSA years
£302,531
34% above average
Latest expenses
£255,367
13% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
3 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
Brexit / EU
180 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
16 of 20 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
Housing
34 of 44 votes
#3
Trade
71 of 91 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 17 votes
#4
Defence
50 of 71 votes
Migration
74 of 97 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API