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Richard Foord vs Priti Patel

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


Voting alignment

Richard Foord and Priti Patel voted the same way 56% of the time, based on 326 shared comparable votes.

184 same votes 142 different votes 326 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 15 No
Education 96% aligned 23 shared votes
7 Aye 16 No
1 Aye 7 No
Benefits 88% aligned 8 shared votes
0 Aye 8 No
31 Aye 39 No
Tax 84% aligned 70 shared votes
26 Aye 44 No
14 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 81% aligned 31 shared votes
12 Aye 19 No
1 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 70% aligned 27 shared votes
7 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 5 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 22 No
Migration 11% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 2 No
Trade 17% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 33% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 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
61.7%
11% below average
Rank 560 of 649
664
1,087 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,466
2,376 eligible divisions
358
53.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
666
45.4% of votes cast
306
46.1% of votes cast
No votes
800
54.6% of votes cast
4
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
14
1.0% of votes cast
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

244
+160.3 vs Commons average
Rank 10 of 649
Appearances
68
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 649
267
+121.1 vs Commons average
Rank 78 of 649
Contributions
95
-50.9 vs Commons average
Rank 356 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
£2,462,741
all imported IPSA years
£302,531
34% above average
Latest expenses
£244,429
8% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
12
3 registered categories
6
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
12
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
Brexit / EU
189 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
16 of 20 votes
#2
Housing
52 of 67 votes
Housing
34 of 44 votes
#3
Trade
70 of 91 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 17 votes
#4
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
Migration
74 of 97 votes
#5
Tax
217 of 322 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API