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Richard Foord vs Shivani Raja

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


Voting alignment

Richard Foord and Shivani Raja voted the same way 74% of the time, based on 214 shared comparable votes.

158 same votes 56 different votes 214 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
16 Aye 28 No
Tax 93% aligned 44 shared votes
13 Aye 31 No
5 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 92% aligned 25 shared votes
5 Aye 20 No
9 Aye 9 No
Education 89% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 No
12 Aye 9 No
Defence 81% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 0 No
Transport 80% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 40% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 1 No
Energy 50% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 2 No
Benefits 50% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 13 No
Housing 74% aligned 19 shared votes
3 Aye 16 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
63.4%
9% below average
Rank 536 of 649
664
1,087 eligible divisions
Total votes
374
590 eligible divisions
358
53.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
187
50.0% of votes cast
306
46.1% of votes cast
No votes
187
50.0% of votes cast
4
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3% 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
16
-66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 606 of 649
257
+113.5 vs Commons average
Rank 80 of 649
Contributions
18
-125.5 vs Commons average
Rank 610 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
£205,066
all imported IPSA years
£302,531
34% above average
Latest expenses
£205,066
9% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
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
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Environment / Climate
16 of 20 votes
#2
Defence
29 of 34 votes
Housing
34 of 44 votes
#3
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 17 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Migration
74 of 97 votes
#5
Transport
22 of 29 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