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Shabana Mahmood vs Mr Paul Foster

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


Voting alignment

Shabana Mahmood and Mr Paul Foster voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 161 shared comparable votes.

156 same votes 5 different votes 161 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
32 Aye 7 No
Tax 100% aligned 39 shared votes
32 Aye 7 No
13 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No
4 Aye 7 No
Benefits 100% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 5 No
Defence 100% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 7 No
Tax 100% aligned 39 shared votes
32 Aye 7 No
13 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No
4 Aye 7 No
Benefits 100% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 5 No
Defence 100% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

53.2%
19% below average
Rank 615 of 650
Participation
82.2%
10% above average
Rank 148 of 650
1,288
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
523
636 eligible divisions
741
57.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
263
50.3% of votes cast
547
42.5% of votes cast
No votes
260
49.7% of votes cast
14
1.1% of votes cast
Against party
8
1.5% of votes cast
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

84
-13.0 vs Commons average
Rank 299 of 650
Appearances
52
-45.0 vs Commons average
Rank 480 of 650
1,001
+831.8 vs Commons average
Rank 4 of 650
Contributions
91
-78.2 vs Commons average
Rank 422 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,874,401
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£194,848
all imported IPSA years
£287,702
27% above average
Latest expenses
£194,848
14% below average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
13
5 registered categories
5
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

Brexit / EU
182 of 212 votes
#1
Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
Foreign Affairs
56 of 82 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Trade
59 of 94 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Migration
107 of 171 votes
#4
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
NHS / Health
35 of 56 votes
#5
Transport
31 of 32 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API