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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.

Photograph of Richard Foord
Richard Foord
LD Honiton and Sidmouth
vs
Photograph of Sir Roger Gale
Sir Roger Gale
Con Herne Bay and Sandwich

Voting alignment

Richard Foord and Sir Roger Gale voted the same way 63% of the time, based on 242 shared comparable votes.

152 same votes 90 different votes 242 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
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
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
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

61.0 %
12 % below average
Rank 566 of 649
Participation
57.1 %
16 % below average
Rank 595 of 649
654
1,072 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,347
2,361 eligible divisions
350
53.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
620
46.0 % of votes cast
304
46.5 % of votes cast
No votes
727
54.0 % of votes cast
4
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
30
2.2 % of votes cast
4 years, 0 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
43 years, 1 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

234
+155.5 vs Commons average
Rank 9 of 649
Appearances
114
+35.5 vs Commons average
Rank 109 of 649
258
+118.7 vs Commons average
Rank 71 of 649
Contributions
101
-38.3 vs Commons average
Rank 315 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
5
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
35 of 43 votes
Environment / Climate
16 of 20 votes
#2
Defence
56 of 71 votes
Housing
33 of 43 votes
#3
Transport
72 of 95 votes
Migration
74 of 97 votes
#4
Housing
48 of 66 votes
Digital / Online Safety
32 of 44 votes
#5
Trade
66 of 91 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 (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
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
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
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
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