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Richard Foord vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith

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


Voting alignment

Richard Foord and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 40% of the time, based on 516 shared comparable votes.

204 same votes 312 different votes 516 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
6 Aye 20 No
Education 88% aligned 26 shared votes
5 Aye 21 No
5 Aye 2 No
Transport 71% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
33 Aye 41 No
Tax 70% aligned 74 shared votes
21 Aye 53 No
5 Aye 8 No
Benefits 62% aligned 13 shared votes
2 Aye 11 No
5 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 59% aligned 32 shared votes
10 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 6 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 6 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
16 Aye 6 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 22 shared votes
5 Aye 17 No
17 Aye 53 No
Migration 7% aligned 70 shared votes
48 Aye 22 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
81.4%
9% above average
Rank 172 of 649
664
1,087 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
358
53.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
887
45.8% of votes cast
306
46.1% of votes cast
No votes
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
4
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.1% of votes cast
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

244
+160.4 vs Commons average
Rank 10 of 650
Appearances
99
+15.4 vs Commons average
Rank 174 of 650
267
+121.3 vs Commons average
Rank 78 of 650
Contributions
171
+25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£772,982
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£302,531
34% above average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
9
3 registered categories
6
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
208 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
16 of 20 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Housing
34 of 44 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 17 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Migration
74 of 97 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 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