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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.


Voting alignment

Richard Foord and Paula Barker voted the same way 56% of the time, based on 540 shared comparable votes.

303 same votes 237 different votes 540 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

61.1%
12% below average
Rank 566 of 649
Participation
79.1%
6% above average
Rank 222 of 649
664
1,087 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,311
1,658 eligible divisions
358
53.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
683
52.1% of votes cast
306
46.1% of votes cast
No votes
628
47.9% of votes cast
4
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% 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
80
-3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 273 of 649
267
+121.1 vs Commons average
Rank 78 of 649
Contributions
82
-63.9 vs Commons average
Rank 399 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
2
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
Housing
52 of 54 votes
Environment / Climate
16 of 20 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
Housing
34 of 44 votes
#3
Defence
67 of 70 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 17 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Migration
74 of 97 votes
#5
Work / Employment
60 of 67 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