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Richard Foord vs Tahir Ali

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


Voting alignment

Richard Foord and Tahir Ali voted the same way 55% of the time, based on 525 shared comparable votes.

291 same votes 234 different votes 525 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
6 Aye 6 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 6 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 0 No
Trade 100% aligned 7 shared votes
7 Aye 0 No
15 Aye 43 No
Migration 98% aligned 58 shared votes
16 Aye 42 No
17 Aye 7 No
Foreign Affairs 96% aligned 24 shared votes
18 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 17 No
Education 12% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 1 No
Transport 17% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
41 Aye 38 No
Tax 20% aligned 79 shared votes
50 Aye 29 No
7 Aye 10 No
Benefits 24% aligned 17 shared votes
12 Aye 5 No
16 Aye 9 No
Defence 28% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 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
75.8%
3% above average
Rank 291 of 649
664
1,087 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,257
1,658 eligible divisions
358
53.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
664
52.8% of votes cast
306
46.1% of votes cast
No votes
593
47.2% of votes cast
4
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.5% of votes cast
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

244
+160.3 vs Commons average
Rank 10 of 649
Appearances
29
-54.7 vs Commons average
Rank 560 of 649
267
+121.1 vs Commons average
Rank 78 of 649
Contributions
42
-103.9 vs Commons average
Rank 541 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
£1,069,100
all imported IPSA years
£302,531
34% above average
Latest expenses
£269,557
19% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
3 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
Foreign Affairs
47 of 50 votes
Environment / Climate
16 of 20 votes
#2
Housing
34 of 44 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
38 of 44 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 17 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes
Migration
74 of 97 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
146 of 174 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API