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Richard Foord vs Sir Gavin Williamson

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

Photograph of Richard Foord
Richard Foord
LD Honiton and Sidmouth
vs
Photograph of Sir Gavin Williamson
Sir Gavin Williamson
Con Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge

Voting alignment

Richard Foord and Sir Gavin Williamson voted the same way 44% of the time, based on 452 shared comparable votes.

198 same votes 254 different votes 452 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 16 No
Education 88% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 No
5 Aye 1 No
Transport 83% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
35 Aye 43 No
Tax 74% aligned 78 shared votes
27 Aye 51 No
8 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 72% aligned 32 shared votes
9 Aye 23 No
16 Aye 10 No
Defence 65% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 6 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 5 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
17 Aye 54 No
Migration 6% aligned 71 shared votes
50 Aye 21 No
10 Aye 3 No
Foreign Affairs 8% aligned 13 shared votes
2 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 2 No
Trade 11% aligned 9 shared votes
1 Aye 8 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

61.0 %
12 % below average
Rank 566 of 649
Participation
78.4 %
6 % above average
Rank 236 of 649
654
1,072 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,850
2,361 eligible divisions
350
53.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
884
47.8 % of votes cast
304
46.5 % of votes cast
No votes
966
52.2 % of votes cast
4
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
8
0.4 % of votes cast
4 years, 1 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

231
+153.4 vs Commons average
Rank 9 of 649
Appearances
70
-7.6 vs Commons average
Rank 298 of 649
255
+117.1 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 649
Contributions
87
-50.9 vs Commons average
Rank 361 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
£2,645,311
all imported IPSA years
£302,531
34 % above average
Latest expenses
£278,816
23 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
11
5 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
Brexit / EU
200 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
16 of 20 votes
#2
Migration
155 of 171 votes
Housing
33 of 43 votes
#3
Transport
83 of 95 votes
Migration
74 of 97 votes
#4
Housing
57 of 66 votes
Digital / Online Safety
32 of 44 votes
#5
Trade
78 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
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