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Richard Foord vs Sir James Cleverly

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 James Cleverly
Sir James Cleverly
Con Braintree

Voting alignment

Richard Foord and Sir James Cleverly voted the same way 57% of the time, based on 313 shared comparable votes.

177 same votes 136 different votes 313 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 13 No
Education 89% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 No
27 Aye 31 No
Tax 88% aligned 58 shared votes
22 Aye 36 No
0 Aye 7 No
Benefits 86% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No
16 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 84% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 No
5 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 80% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
10 Aye 4 No
Foreign Affairs 7% aligned 14 shared votes
3 Aye 11 No
10 Aye 26 No
Migration 8% aligned 36 shared votes
23 Aye 13 No
5 Aye 5 No
Environment / Climate 20% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
10 Aye 2 No
Energy 25% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 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
69.7 %
3 % below average
Rank 437 of 649
654
1,072 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,645
2,361 eligible divisions
350
53.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
771
46.9 % of votes cast
304
46.5 % of votes cast
No votes
874
53.1 % of votes cast
4
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
4 years, 1 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
11 years, 2 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

231
+153.4 vs Commons average
Rank 9 of 649
Appearances
41
-36.6 vs Commons average
Rank 480 of 649
255
+117.2 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 649
Contributions
87
-50.8 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
£2,020,933
all imported IPSA years
£302,531
34 % above average
Latest expenses
£266,795
18 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
6
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
191 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
16 of 20 votes
#2
Transport
79 of 95 votes
Housing
33 of 43 votes
#3
Trade
73 of 91 votes
Migration
74 of 97 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
Digital / Online Safety
32 of 44 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
52 of 69 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
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
No
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: 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 8 8 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
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