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Richard Foord vs Taiwo Owatemi

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
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Photograph of Taiwo Owatemi
Taiwo Owatemi
Lab Coventry North West

Voting alignment

Richard Foord and Taiwo Owatemi voted the same way 56% of the time, based on 444 shared comparable votes.

249 same votes 195 different votes 444 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
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
13 Aye 41 No
Migration 96% aligned 54 shared votes
15 Aye 39 No
12 Aye 6 No
Foreign Affairs 94% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 2 No
Trade 89% aligned 9 shared votes
8 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 83% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 1 No
Transport 11% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 12 No
Education 14% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
26 Aye 36 No
Tax 29% aligned 62 shared votes
48 Aye 14 No
2 Aye 1 No
Democracy / Parliament 33% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 35% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 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
75.3 %
3 % above average
Rank 306 of 649
654
1,072 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,237
1,643 eligible divisions
350
53.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
659
53.3 % of votes cast
304
46.5 % of votes cast
No votes
578
46.7 % of votes cast
4
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
13
1.1 % of votes cast
4 years, 1 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
6 years, 7 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

231
+153.4 vs Commons average
Rank 9 of 649
Appearances
5
-72.6 vs Commons average
Rank 625 of 649
255
+117.2 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 649
Contributions
5
-132.8 vs Commons average
Rank 624 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
£1,264,566
all imported IPSA years
£302,531
34 % above average
Latest expenses
£280,621
24 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
3 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
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Environment / Climate
16 of 20 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
Housing
33 of 43 votes
#3
NHS / Health
42 of 47 votes
Migration
74 of 97 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
152 of 174 votes
Digital / Online Safety
32 of 44 votes
#5
Housing
45 of 53 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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