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Richard Foord vs Paulette Hamilton

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


Voting alignment

Richard Foord and Paulette Hamilton voted the same way 53% of the time, based on 527 shared comparable votes.

277 same votes 250 different votes 527 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
5 Aye 2 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
15 Aye 54 No
Migration 97% aligned 69 shared votes
17 Aye 52 No
10 Aye 5 No
Foreign Affairs 93% aligned 15 shared votes
11 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 2 No
Trade 89% aligned 9 shared votes
8 Aye 1 No
22 Aye 8 No
Digital / Online Safety 87% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 21 No
Education 9% aligned 35 shared votes
24 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 0 No
Transport 13% aligned 8 shared votes
1 Aye 7 No
43 Aye 40 No
Tax 23% aligned 83 shared votes
53 Aye 30 No
7 Aye 10 No
Benefits 24% aligned 17 shared votes
12 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 29% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 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
75.5%
3% above average
Rank 299 of 649
664
1,087 eligible divisions
Total votes
883
1,170 eligible divisions
358
53.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
435
49.3% of votes cast
306
46.1% of votes cast
No votes
448
50.7% of votes cast
4
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.8% of votes cast
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
4 years, 7 months
Since 3 Mar 2022

Debates

244
+160.3 vs Commons average
Rank 10 of 649
Appearances
62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 366 of 649
267
+121.1 vs Commons average
Rank 78 of 649
Contributions
82
-63.9 vs Commons average
Rank 398 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
£789,073
all imported IPSA years
£302,531
34% above average
Latest expenses
£285,345
26% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
6
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Work / Employment
57 of 63 votes
Environment / Climate
16 of 20 votes
#2
Education
55 of 61 votes
Housing
34 of 44 votes
#3
Migration
113 of 126 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 17 votes
#4
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
Migration
74 of 97 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API