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Richard Foord vs Sir John Hayes

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 John Hayes
Sir John Hayes
Con South Holland and The Deepings

Voting alignment

Richard Foord and Sir John Hayes voted the same way 38% of the time, based on 525 shared comparable votes.

198 same votes 327 different votes 525 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
11 Aye 20 No
Education 84% aligned 31 shared votes
8 Aye 23 No
5 Aye 2 No
Transport 71% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
35 Aye 42 No
Tax 70% aligned 77 shared votes
24 Aye 53 No
6 Aye 7 No
Benefits 62% aligned 13 shared votes
1 Aye 12 No
31 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 56% aligned 55 shared votes
27 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 6 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
17 Aye 51 No
Migration 1% aligned 68 shared votes
50 Aye 18 No
15 Aye 7 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 22 shared votes
6 Aye 16 No
14 Aye 8 No
Digital / Online Safety 9% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 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
81.9%
9% above average
Rank 160 of 649
664
1,087 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,945
2,376 eligible divisions
358
53.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
919
47.2% of votes cast
306
46.1% of votes cast
No votes
1,026
52.8% of votes cast
4
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
25
1.3% of votes cast
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

244
+160.4 vs Commons average
Rank 10 of 650
Appearances
113
+29.4 vs Commons average
Rank 134 of 650
267
+121.3 vs Commons average
Rank 78 of 650
Contributions
229
+83.3 vs Commons average
Rank 107 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
£2,932,645
all imported IPSA years
£302,531
34% above average
Latest expenses
£280,368
24% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
3 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
202 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
16 of 20 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Housing
34 of 44 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 17 votes
#4
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Migration
74 of 97 votes
#5
Trade
78 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
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
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
Where they voted the same
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
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
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
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
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