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Richard Foord vs Sir Roger Gale

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


Voting alignment

Richard Foord and Sir Roger Gale voted the same way 62% of the time, based on 246 shared comparable votes.

153 same votes 93 different votes 246 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
9 Aye 14 No
Education 91% aligned 23 shared votes
7 Aye 16 No
5 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 85% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
19 Aye 36 No
Tax 80% aligned 55 shared votes
14 Aye 41 No
1 Aye 8 No
Benefits 78% aligned 9 shared votes
1 Aye 8 No
1 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 75% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
10 Aye 1 No
Energy 9% aligned 11 shared votes
0 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 4 No
Foreign Affairs 11% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 3 No
Trade 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 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
56.9%
16% below average
Rank 599 of 649
664
1,087 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,351
2,376 eligible divisions
358
53.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
622
46.0% of votes cast
306
46.1% of votes cast
No votes
729
54.0% of votes cast
4
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
30
2.2% of votes cast
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
43 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

235
+152.7 vs Commons average
Rank 10 of 649
Appearances
109
+26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 138 of 649
257
+113.5 vs Commons average
Rank 80 of 649
Contributions
95
-48.5 vs Commons average
Rank 347 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
£2,582,465
all imported IPSA years
£302,531
34% above average
Latest expenses
£243,306
8% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
4 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
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
Environment / Climate
16 of 20 votes
#2
Defence
56 of 71 votes
Housing
34 of 44 votes
#3
Transport
72 of 95 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 17 votes
#4
Trade
66 of 91 votes
Migration
74 of 97 votes
#5
Housing
48 of 67 votes

Recent voting overlap

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