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Richard Foord vs Olivia Blake

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


Voting alignment

Richard Foord and Olivia Blake voted the same way 57% of the time, based on 515 shared comparable votes.

295 same votes 220 different votes 515 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
4 Aye 5 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
15 Aye 52 No
Migration 99% aligned 67 shared votes
16 Aye 51 No
16 Aye 7 No
Foreign Affairs 96% aligned 23 shared votes
17 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 86% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 1 No
Trade 83% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 1 No
Transport 11% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
15 Aye 21 No
Education 14% aligned 36 shared votes
24 Aye 12 No
38 Aye 38 No
Tax 20% aligned 76 shared votes
49 Aye 27 No
12 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 30% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 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
74.7%
2% above average
Rank 318 of 649
664
1,087 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,239
1,658 eligible divisions
358
53.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
649
52.4% of votes cast
306
46.1% of votes cast
No votes
590
47.6% of votes cast
4
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
10
0.8% of votes cast
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

244
+160.3 vs Commons average
Rank 10 of 649
Appearances
37
-46.7 vs Commons average
Rank 524 of 649
267
+121.1 vs Commons average
Rank 78 of 649
Contributions
42
-103.9 vs Commons average
Rank 542 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
£1,408,648
all imported IPSA years
£302,531
34% above average
Latest expenses
£300,839
33% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
2 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
66 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
16 of 20 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Housing
34 of 44 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 17 votes
#4
Work / Employment
56 of 67 votes
Migration
74 of 97 votes
#5
Transport
53 of 64 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