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Richard Foord vs Valerie Vaz
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Richard Foord and Valerie Vaz voted the same way 58% of the time, based on 505 shared comparable votes.
294 same votes
211 different votes
505 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
61.1%
12% below average
Participation
76.6%
4% above average
664
1,087 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,821
2,376 eligible divisions
358
53.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,024
56.2% of votes cast
306
46.1% of votes cast
No votes
797
43.8% of votes cast
4
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.7% of votes cast
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Debates
244
+160.3 vs Commons average
Appearances
29
-54.7 vs Commons average
267
+121.1 vs Commons average
Contributions
14
-131.9 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£772,982
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
£302,531
34% above average
Latest expenses
£218,663
3% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
6
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
No
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API