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Richard Foord vs Victoria Atkins

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 Victoria Atkins
Victoria Atkins
Con Louth and Horncastle

Voting alignment

Richard Foord and Victoria Atkins voted the same way 39% of the time, based on 493 shared comparable votes.

192 same votes 301 different votes 493 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 17 No
Education 83% aligned 23 shared votes
4 Aye 19 No
7 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 71% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
39 Aye 41 No
Tax 70% aligned 80 shared votes
27 Aye 53 No
6 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 63% aligned 32 shared votes
12 Aye 20 No
4 Aye 8 No
Benefits 58% aligned 12 shared votes
1 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 6 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 11 shared votes
6 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
17 Aye 4 No
Energy 5% aligned 21 shared votes
3 Aye 18 No
13 Aye 6 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
17 Aye 55 No
Migration 6% aligned 72 shared votes
51 Aye 21 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
81.2 %
9 % above average
Rank 176 of 649
654
1,072 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,918
2,361 eligible divisions
350
53.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
925
48.2 % of votes cast
304
46.5 % of votes cast
No votes
993
51.8 % of votes cast
4
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6 % of votes cast
4 years, 1 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
11 years, 2 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

231
+153.4 vs Commons average
Rank 9 of 649
Appearances
20
-57.6 vs Commons average
Rank 586 of 649
255
+117.1 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 649
Contributions
32
-105.9 vs Commons average
Rank 559 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
£1,703,387
all imported IPSA years
£302,531
34 % above average
Latest expenses
£241,610
7 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
6
2 registered categories
6
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
16 of 20 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Housing
33 of 43 votes
#3
Migration
160 of 171 votes
Migration
74 of 97 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
32 of 44 votes
#5
Energy
61 of 70 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 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
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 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
Aye
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026 11 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026 4 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
No
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
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
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
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
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