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Alex Baker vs Mr Will Forster

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


Voting alignment

Alex Baker and Mr Will Forster voted the same way 16% of the time, based on 329 shared comparable votes.

53 same votes 276 different votes 329 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
2 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 71% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 2 No
Energy 67% aligned 9 shared votes
8 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 67% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
6 Aye 0 No
Digital / Online Safety 50% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
15 Aye 6 No
Housing 33% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
41 Aye 25 No
Tax 5% aligned 66 shared votes
28 Aye 38 No
25 Aye 11 No
Education 6% aligned 36 shared votes
13 Aye 23 No
5 Aye 10 No
Transport 7% aligned 15 shared votes
11 Aye 4 No
12 Aye 9 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

77.8%
5% above average
Rank 253 of 649
Participation
74.7%
2% above average
Rank 321 of 649
451
580 eligible divisions
Total votes
433
580 eligible divisions
243
53.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
229
52.9% of votes cast
208
46.1% of votes cast
No votes
204
47.1% of votes cast
11
2.4% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.9% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

63
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 342 of 649
Appearances
173
+94.3 vs Commons average
Rank 28 of 649
87
-50.1 vs Commons average
Rank 369 of 649
Contributions
216
+78.9 vs Commons average
Rank 107 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£175,028
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£153,282
all imported IPSA years
£175,028
23% below average
Latest expenses
£153,282
32% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
0
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

Housing
31 of 31 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#4
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Energy
17 of 20 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