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Richard Foord vs Sammy Wilson

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


Voting alignment

Richard Foord and Sammy Wilson voted the same way 54% of the time, based on 376 shared comparable votes.

203 same votes 173 different votes 376 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
2 Aye 1 No
Transport 100% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
39 Aye 31 No
Tax 81% aligned 70 shared votes
28 Aye 42 No
16 Aye 8 No
Defence 79% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 10 No
Education 76% aligned 17 shared votes
5 Aye 12 No
4 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 76% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 5 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 6 No
Environment / Climate 22% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
18 Aye 3 No
Energy 24% aligned 21 shared votes
6 Aye 15 No
16 Aye 6 No
Foreign Affairs 32% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 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
62.0%
11% below average
Rank 558 of 649
664
1,087 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,472
2,376 eligible divisions
358
53.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
732
49.7% of votes cast
306
46.1% of votes cast
No votes
740
50.3% of votes cast
4
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
11
0.7% of votes cast
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

244
+160.3 vs Commons average
Rank 10 of 649
Appearances
111
+27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 137 of 649
267
+121.1 vs Commons average
Rank 78 of 649
Contributions
160
+14.1 vs Commons average
Rank 188 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
£2,714,557
all imported IPSA years
£302,531
34% above average
Latest expenses
£250,082
11% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
6
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
195 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
16 of 20 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Housing
34 of 44 votes
#3
Trade
70 of 91 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 17 votes
#4
Defence
50 of 71 votes
Migration
74 of 97 votes
#5
Energy
47 of 70 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