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Richard Foord vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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
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Sir Oliver Dowden
Con Hertsmere

Voting alignment

Richard Foord and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 53% of the time, based on 359 shared comparable votes.

191 same votes 168 different votes 359 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 14 No
Education 88% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 No
24 Aye 36 No
Tax 85% aligned 60 shared votes
21 Aye 39 No
5 Aye 1 No
Transport 83% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 10 No
Devolution / Local Government 73% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 72% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 1 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
17 Aye 7 No
Foreign Affairs 4% aligned 24 shared votes
6 Aye 18 No
12 Aye 15 No
Migration 15% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
7 Aye 6 No
Environment / Climate 15% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 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
70.5 %
2 % below average
Rank 417 of 649
654
1,072 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,665
2,361 eligible divisions
350
53.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
772
46.4 % of votes cast
304
46.5 % of votes cast
No votes
893
53.6 % of votes cast
4
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
10
0.6 % of votes cast
4 years, 1 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
11 years, 2 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

231
+153.4 vs Commons average
Rank 9 of 649
Appearances
56
-21.6 vs Commons average
Rank 385 of 649
255
+117.1 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 649
Contributions
66
-71.9 vs Commons average
Rank 433 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
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£302,531
34 % above average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
16
5 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
197 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
16 of 20 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Housing
33 of 43 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Migration
74 of 97 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Digital / Online Safety
32 of 44 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 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
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
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
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: 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
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
Aye
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