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Sarah Russell vs Mr Paul Foster

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Russell and Mr Paul Foster voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 444 shared comparable votes.

436 same votes 8 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
50 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 77 shared votes
50 Aye 27 No
28 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
28 Aye 16 No
26 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 42 shared votes
26 Aye 16 No
31 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 40 shared votes
31 Aye 9 No
11 Aye 15 No
Transport 100% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
50 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 77 shared votes
50 Aye 27 No
28 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
28 Aye 16 No
26 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 42 shared votes
26 Aye 16 No
31 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 40 shared votes
31 Aye 9 No
11 Aye 15 No
Transport 100% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

82.9%
11% above average
Rank 135 of 650
Participation
82.1%
10% above average
Rank 147 of 650
525
633 eligible divisions
Total votes
520
633 eligible divisions
268
51.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
262
50.4% of votes cast
257
49.0% of votes cast
No votes
258
49.6% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
8
1.5% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

95
+0.5 vs Commons average
Rank 241 of 650
Appearances
52
-42.5 vs Commons average
Rank 471 of 650
136
-28.6 vs Commons average
Rank 284 of 650
Contributions
90
-74.6 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£179,204
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£194,848
all imported IPSA years
£179,204
21% below average
Latest expenses
£194,848
14% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
13
5 registered categories
0
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

#1
Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
#4
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Education
49 of 50 votes
#5
Transport
31 of 32 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API