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Andrew Western vs Mr Will Forster

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


Voting alignment

Andrew Western and Mr Will Forster voted the same way 20% of the time, based on 314 shared comparable votes.

63 same votes 251 different votes 314 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
4 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 86% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 0 No
Energy 83% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 60% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
10 Aye 6 No
Housing 44% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 40% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
25 Aye 9 No
Education 3% aligned 34 shared votes
10 Aye 24 No
14 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 5% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
35 Aye 29 No
Tax 5% aligned 64 shared votes
32 Aye 32 No
13 Aye 11 No
Benefits 13% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

72.9 %
same as average
Rank 365 of 649
Participation
74.6 %
2 % above average
Rank 323 of 649
698
958 eligible divisions
Total votes
429
575 eligible divisions
344
49.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
226
52.7 % of votes cast
354
50.7 % of votes cast
No votes
203
47.3 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.9 % of votes cast
3 years, 8 months
Since 15 Dec 2022
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

48
-29.9 vs Commons average
Rank 440 of 650
Appearances
170
+92.1 vs Commons average
Rank 28 of 650
305
+166.7 vs Commons average
Rank 55 of 650
Contributions
214
+75.7 vs Commons average
Rank 109 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£577,200
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£153,282
all imported IPSA years
£255,721
13 % above average
Latest expenses
£153,282
32 % below average
8
1 registered category
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

Democracy / Parliament
13 of 13 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
6 of 6 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Benefits
31 of 35 votes
#4
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Education
50 of 58 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