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Richard Foord vs Rebecca Smith

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


Voting alignment

Richard Foord and Rebecca Smith voted the same way 73% of the time, based on 221 shared comparable votes.

162 same votes 59 different votes 221 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
1 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No
24 Aye 31 No
Tax 95% aligned 55 shared votes
21 Aye 34 No
5 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 92% aligned 25 shared votes
5 Aye 20 No
9 Aye 15 No
Education 92% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 No
9 Aye 5 No
Defence 86% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 5 shared votes
0 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 1 No
Energy 38% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 3 No
Benefits 40% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 4 No
Housing 44% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 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
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 419 of 649
664
1,087 eligible divisions
Total votes
416
590 eligible divisions
358
53.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
196
47.1% of votes cast
306
46.1% of votes cast
No votes
220
52.9% of votes cast
4
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

235
+152.7 vs Commons average
Rank 10 of 649
Appearances
147
+64.7 vs Commons average
Rank 71 of 649
257
+113.5 vs Commons average
Rank 80 of 649
Contributions
265
+121.5 vs Commons average
Rank 76 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
£213,132
all imported IPSA years
£302,531
34% above average
Latest expenses
£213,132
6% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
4 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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Environment / Climate
16 of 20 votes
#2
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
Housing
34 of 44 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 17 votes
#4
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Migration
74 of 97 votes
#5
Tax
88 of 112 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