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Richard Foord vs Wera Hobhouse

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


Voting alignment

Richard Foord and Wera Hobhouse voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 525 shared comparable votes.

522 same votes 3 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
34 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 74 shared votes
34 Aye 40 No
9 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 37 shared votes
9 Aye 28 No
19 Aye 10 No
Defence 100% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 No
15 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 98% aligned 49 shared votes
29 Aye 20 No
16 Aye 45 No
Migration 98% aligned 61 shared votes
17 Aye 44 No
34 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 74 shared votes
34 Aye 40 No
9 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 37 shared votes
9 Aye 28 No
19 Aye 10 No
Defence 100% aligned 29 shared votes
19 Aye 10 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
73.3%
1% above average
Rank 353 of 649
664
1,087 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,554
2,121 eligible divisions
358
53.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
844
54.3% of votes cast
306
46.1% of votes cast
No votes
710
45.7% of votes cast
4
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

244
+160.3 vs Commons average
Rank 10 of 649
Appearances
147
+63.3 vs Commons average
Rank 72 of 649
267
+121.1 vs Commons average
Rank 78 of 649
Contributions
209
+63.1 vs Commons average
Rank 128 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
£1,835,401
all imported IPSA years
£302,531
34% above average
Latest expenses
£306,189
35% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
7
5 registered categories
6
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
12
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
16 of 20 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
170 of 188 votes
Housing
34 of 44 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 17 votes
#4
Defence
60 of 71 votes
Migration
74 of 97 votes
#5
Trade
70 of 87 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API