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Richard Foord vs Rushanara Ali

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


Voting alignment

Richard Foord and Rushanara Ali voted the same way 53% of the time, based on 522 shared comparable votes.

275 same votes 247 different votes 522 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 44 No
Migration 98% aligned 59 shared votes
16 Aye 43 No
17 Aye 7 No
Foreign Affairs 96% aligned 24 shared votes
18 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 92% aligned 12 shared votes
11 Aye 1 No
7 Aye 2 No
Trade 89% aligned 9 shared votes
8 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 20 No
Education 6% aligned 31 shared votes
22 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 1 No
Transport 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 10 No
Benefits 19% aligned 16 shared votes
11 Aye 5 No
36 Aye 36 No
Tax 25% aligned 72 shared votes
48 Aye 24 No
3 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 29% aligned 24 shared votes
20 Aye 4 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
76.3%
4% above average
Rank 280 of 649
664
1,087 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,812
2,376 eligible divisions
358
53.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,025
56.6% of votes cast
306
46.1% of votes cast
No votes
787
43.4% of votes cast
4
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
20
1.1% 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
47
-36.7 vs Commons average
Rank 473 of 649
267
+121.1 vs Commons average
Rank 78 of 649
Contributions
44
-101.9 vs Commons average
Rank 534 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
£2,943,041
all imported IPSA years
£302,531
34% above average
Latest expenses
£325,502
44% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
3 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
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
16 of 20 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Housing
34 of 44 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 17 votes
#4
Housing
59 of 67 votes
Migration
74 of 97 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

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