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Richard Foord vs Paula Barker

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

Photograph of Richard Foord
Richard Foord
LD Honiton and Sidmouth
vs
Photograph of Paula Barker
Paula Barker
Lab Liverpool Wavertree

Voting alignment

Richard Foord and Paula Barker voted the same way 56% of the time, based on 531 shared comparable votes.

298 same votes 233 different votes 531 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
9 Aye 51 No
Migration 100% aligned 60 shared votes
9 Aye 51 No
5 Aye 2 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
11 Aye 3 No
Foreign Affairs 93% aligned 14 shared votes
12 Aye 2 No
7 Aye 1 No
Trade 88% aligned 8 shared votes
8 Aye 0 No
19 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 82% aligned 28 shared votes
18 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 2 No
Transport 10% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
14 Aye 12 No
Education 12% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 No
9 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 27% aligned 33 shared votes
23 Aye 10 No
38 Aye 30 No
Tax 28% aligned 68 shared votes
43 Aye 25 No
22 Aye 11 No
Defence 36% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

61.0 %
12 % below average
Rank 566 of 649
Participation
79.0 %
6 % above average
Rank 224 of 649
654
1,072 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,298
1,643 eligible divisions
350
53.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
680
52.4 % of votes cast
304
46.5 % of votes cast
No votes
618
47.6 % of votes cast
4
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7 % of votes cast
4 years, 1 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

231
+153.4 vs Commons average
Rank 9 of 649
Appearances
65
-12.6 vs Commons average
Rank 325 of 649
255
+117.2 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 649
Contributions
75
-62.8 vs Commons average
Rank 404 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
£1,383,596
all imported IPSA years
£302,531
34 % above average
Latest expenses
£322,425
43 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
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
Housing
51 of 53 votes
Environment / Climate
16 of 20 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
Housing
33 of 43 votes
#3
Defence
67 of 70 votes
Migration
74 of 97 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Digital / Online Safety
32 of 44 votes
#5
Work / Employment
60 of 67 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
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