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Richard Foord vs Sir Julian Lewis

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
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Photograph of Sir Julian Lewis
Sir Julian Lewis
Con New Forest East

Voting alignment

Richard Foord and Sir Julian Lewis voted the same way 43% of the time, based on 513 shared comparable votes.

223 same votes 290 different votes 513 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 20 No
Education 87% aligned 30 shared votes
8 Aye 22 No
5 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 80% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 2 No
Transport 71% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
39 Aye 41 No
Tax 71% aligned 80 shared votes
28 Aye 52 No
18 Aye 11 No
Defence 66% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 49 No
Migration 0% aligned 55 shared votes
49 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 6 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
13 Aye 5 No
Foreign Affairs 6% aligned 18 shared votes
4 Aye 14 No
7 Aye 4 No
Trade 9% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 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
80.0 %
7 % above average
Rank 200 of 649
654
1,072 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,889
2,361 eligible divisions
350
53.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
892
47.2 % of votes cast
304
46.5 % of votes cast
No votes
997
52.8 % of votes cast
4
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
41
2.2 % of votes cast
4 years, 1 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
29 years, 2 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

231
+153.4 vs Commons average
Rank 9 of 649
Appearances
361
+283.4 vs Commons average
Rank 4 of 649
255
+117.1 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 649
Contributions
490
+352.1 vs Commons average
Rank 20 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
£2,159,138
all imported IPSA years
£302,531
34 % above average
Latest expenses
£212,155
6 % below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
6
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
193 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
16 of 20 votes
#2
Trade
83 of 91 votes
Housing
33 of 43 votes
#3
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Migration
74 of 97 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
Digital / Online Safety
32 of 44 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
58 of 66 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
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
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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: New Clause 3 17 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 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
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