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Richard Foord vs Sir Nicholas Dakin

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


Voting alignment

Richard Foord and Sir Nicholas Dakin voted the same way 17% of the time, based on 260 shared comparable votes.

44 same votes 216 different votes 260 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
5 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 57% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 56% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
10 Aye 1 No
Energy 55% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 40% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 1 No
Digital / Online Safety 25% aligned 4 shared votes
0 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 14 No
Education 4% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
24 Aye 21 No
Tax 7% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 No
7 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 7% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 9 No
Benefits 7% aligned 14 shared votes
10 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 10% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

61.2%
12% below average
Rank 567 of 649
Participation
83.2%
10% above average
Rank 139 of 649
658
1,076 eligible divisions
Total votes
482
579 eligible divisions
353
53.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
236
49.0% of votes cast
305
46.4% of votes cast
No votes
246
51.0% of votes cast
4
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
4 years, 2 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

229
+150.2 vs Commons average
Rank 10 of 649
Appearances
7
-71.8 vs Commons average
Rank 620 of 649
254
+116.5 vs Commons average
Rank 76 of 649
Contributions
7
-130.5 vs Commons average
Rank 620 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
£1,959,326
all imported IPSA years
£302,531
34% above average
Latest expenses
£208,878
8% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 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
Environment / Climate
16 of 20 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Housing
33 of 43 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 17 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Migration
74 of 97 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API