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Richard Foord vs Patricia Ferguson

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


Voting alignment

Richard Foord and Patricia Ferguson voted the same way 15% of the time, based on 263 shared comparable votes.

39 same votes 224 different votes 263 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 1 No
Energy 67% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 63% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 33% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
9 Aye 15 No
Housing 25% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 9 No
Benefits 21% aligned 14 shared votes
10 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
0 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 17 shared votes
17 Aye 0 No
5 Aye 1 No
Transport 0% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
20 Aye 35 No
Tax 5% aligned 55 shared votes
38 Aye 17 No
13 Aye 14 No
Education 7% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
21 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 14% aligned 36 shared votes
16 Aye 20 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
78.1%
6% above average
Rank 240 of 649
664
1,087 eligible divisions
Total votes
461
590 eligible divisions
358
53.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
234
50.8% of votes cast
306
46.1% of votes cast
No votes
227
49.2% of votes cast
4
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
18
3.9% of votes cast
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

244
+160.3 vs Commons average
Rank 10 of 649
Appearances
88
+4.3 vs Commons average
Rank 226 of 649
267
+121.1 vs Commons average
Rank 78 of 649
Contributions
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 303 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
£151,093
all imported IPSA years
£302,531
34% above average
Latest expenses
£151,093
33% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
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
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Environment / Climate
16 of 20 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Housing
34 of 44 votes
#3
Energy
18 of 20 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 17 votes
#4
Defence
30 of 34 votes
Migration
74 of 97 votes
#5
Benefits
26 of 30 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