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Alan Mak vs Mr Will Forster

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


Voting alignment

Alan Mak and Mr Will Forster voted the same way 79% of the time, based on 307 shared comparable votes.

241 same votes 66 different votes 307 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
3 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
10 Aye 22 No
Education 97% aligned 32 shared votes
11 Aye 21 No
29 Aye 49 No
Tax 96% aligned 78 shared votes
32 Aye 46 No
5 Aye 10 No
Devolution / Local Government 93% aligned 15 shared votes
4 Aye 11 No
5 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 88% aligned 25 shared votes
6 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 5 No
Environment / Climate 29% aligned 7 shared votes
7 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 7 No
Energy 33% aligned 9 shared votes
8 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 43% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 13 No
Housing 63% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

85.3%
13% above average
Rank 87 of 649
Participation
74.7%
2% above average
Rank 317 of 649
2,027
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
441
590 eligible divisions
960
47.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
235
53.3% of votes cast
1,067
52.6% of votes cast
No votes
206
46.7% of votes cast
4
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.9% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

24
-57.8 vs Commons average
Rank 579 of 649
Appearances
177
+95.2 vs Commons average
Rank 31 of 649
27
-115.5 vs Commons average
Rank 588 of 649
Contributions
221
+78.5 vs Commons average
Rank 108 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,951,902
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£153,282
all imported IPSA years
£292,278
29% above average
Latest expenses
£153,282
32% below average
23
7 registered categories
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
4
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
205 of 211 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Trade
84 of 91 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#4
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
#5
Benefits
26 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API