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Richard Foord vs Sir John Whittingdale

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


Voting alignment

Richard Foord and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 40% of the time, based on 504 shared comparable votes.

202 same votes 302 different votes 504 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
10 Aye 18 No
Education 93% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No
2 Aye 2 No
Transport 75% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
37 Aye 38 No
Tax 73% aligned 75 shared votes
29 Aye 46 No
7 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 64% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
6 Aye 9 No
Benefits 60% aligned 15 shared votes
2 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 5 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 6 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
17 Aye 56 No
Migration 5% aligned 73 shared votes
52 Aye 21 No
11 Aye 4 No
Foreign Affairs 7% aligned 15 shared votes
3 Aye 12 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
80.5%
8% above average
Rank 187 of 649
664
1,087 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
358
53.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
915
47.8% of votes cast
306
46.1% of votes cast
No votes
998
52.2% of votes cast
4
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6% 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
78
-5.6 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 650
267
+121.3 vs Commons average
Rank 78 of 650
Contributions
112
-33.7 vs Commons average
Rank 301 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
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£302,531
34% above average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
9
5 registered categories
6
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
204 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
16 of 20 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Housing
34 of 44 votes
#3
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 17 votes
#4
Migration
74 of 97 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 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