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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.
Voting alignment
Richard Foord and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 53% of the time, based on 367 shared comparable votes.
195 same votes
172 different votes
367 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
61.1%
12% below average
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
664
1,087 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
358
53.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
306
46.1% of votes cast
No votes
895
53.4% of votes cast
4
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Debates
244
+160.3 vs Commons average
Appearances
60
-23.7 vs Commons average
267
+121.1 vs Commons average
Contributions
66
-79.9 vs Commons average
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
17
4 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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
No
Aye
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026
24 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API