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Richard Foord vs Steve Witherden

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


Voting alignment

Richard Foord and Steve Witherden voted the same way 20% of the time, based on 264 shared comparable votes.

53 same votes 211 different votes 264 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 86% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 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
6 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
1 Aye 7 No
Benefits 25% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 16 No
Education 4% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
24 Aye 32 No
Tax 5% aligned 56 shared votes
35 Aye 21 No
6 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 8% aligned 26 shared votes
20 Aye 6 No
18 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 33 shared votes
16 Aye 17 No
8 Aye 1 No
Transport 11% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 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
80.3 %
8 % above average
Rank 194 of 649
654
1,072 eligible divisions
Total votes
462
575 eligible divisions
350
53.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
241
52.2 % of votes cast
304
46.5 % of votes cast
No votes
221
47.8 % of votes cast
4
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4 % of votes cast
4 years, 1 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

232
+154.1 vs Commons average
Rank 9 of 650
Appearances
62
-15.9 vs Commons average
Rank 351 of 650
256
+117.7 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 650
Contributions
77
-61.3 vs Commons average
Rank 400 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£772,982
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£141,271
all imported IPSA years
£302,531
34 % above average
Latest expenses
£141,271
38 % below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 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
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Environment / Climate
16 of 20 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Housing
33 of 43 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Migration
74 of 97 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Digital / Online Safety
32 of 44 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes

Recent voting overlap

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