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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.


Voting alignment

Richard Foord and Sir James Cleverly voted the same way 56% of the time, based on 321 shared comparable votes.

179 same votes 142 different votes 321 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

61.1%
12% below average
Rank 566 of 649
Participation
69.7%
3% below average
Rank 434 of 649
664
1,087 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,656
2,376 eligible divisions
358
53.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
777
46.9% of votes cast
306
46.1% of votes cast
No votes
879
53.1% of votes cast
4
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

244
+160.3 vs Commons average
Rank 10 of 649
Appearances
44
-39.7 vs Commons average
Rank 487 of 649
267
+121.1 vs Commons average
Rank 78 of 649
Contributions
90
-55.9 vs Commons average
Rank 372 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
34 of 44 votes
#3
Trade
73 of 91 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 17 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
Migration
74 of 97 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
52 of 69 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