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Shabana Mahmood vs Richard Foord

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

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Shabana Mahmood
Lab Birmingham Ladywood
vs
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Richard Foord
LD Honiton and Sidmouth

Voting alignment

Shabana Mahmood and Richard Foord voted the same way 76% of the time, based on 283 shared comparable votes.

214 same votes 69 different votes 283 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
15 Aye 4 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 19 shared votes
15 Aye 4 No
11 Aye 2 No
Energy 100% aligned 13 shared votes
11 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 6 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
0 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 7 shared votes
0 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 4 No
Benefits 25% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 5 No
Housing 30% aligned 10 shared votes
8 Aye 2 No
18 Aye 8 No
Tax 38% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
2 Aye 1 No
Education 67% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
15 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 71% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

53.4%
19% below average
Rank 611 of 649
Participation
61.1%
12% below average
Rank 566 of 649
1,269
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
664
1,087 eligible divisions
730
57.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
358
53.9% of votes cast
539
42.5% of votes cast
No votes
306
46.1% of votes cast
14
1.1% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.6% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

69
-13.3 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 649
Appearances
235
+152.7 vs Commons average
Rank 10 of 649
817
+673.5 vs Commons average
Rank 5 of 649
Contributions
257
+113.5 vs Commons average
Rank 80 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,874,401
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£772,982
all imported IPSA years
£287,702
27% above average
Latest expenses
£302,531
34% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
5
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
24 of 29 votes
Foreign Affairs
51 of 69 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
16 of 20 votes
Trade
59 of 91 votes
#3
Housing
34 of 44 votes
Migration
107 of 171 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 17 votes
NHS / Health
35 of 56 votes
#5
Migration
74 of 97 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026 11 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Sentencing Bill: Second Reading 16 Sept 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 4 Sept 2025
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 4 Sept 2025
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
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