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Barry Gardiner vs Mr Will Forster

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

Photograph of Barry Gardiner
Barry Gardiner
Lab Brent West
vs
Photograph of Mr Will Forster
Mr Will Forster
LD Woking

Voting alignment

Barry Gardiner and Mr Will Forster voted the same way 17% of the time, based on 252 shared comparable votes.

44 same votes 208 different votes 252 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 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 67% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
6 Aye 2 No
Energy 63% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 11 No
Benefits 35% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 4 No
Housing 30% aligned 10 shared votes
3 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
6 Aye 15 No
1 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
12 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 5% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
36 Aye 21 No
Tax 5% aligned 57 shared votes
24 Aye 33 No

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

Voting record

67.3%
5% below average
Rank 474 of 649
Participation
74.6%
2% above average
Rank 323 of 649
1,589
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
429
575 eligible divisions
889
55.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
226
52.7% of votes cast
700
44.1% of votes cast
No votes
203
47.3% of votes cast
16
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.9% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

55
-22.8 vs Commons average
Rank 392 of 650
Appearances
172
+94.2 vs Commons average
Rank 27 of 650
89
-49.0 vs Commons average
Rank 354 of 650
Contributions
216
+78.0 vs Commons average
Rank 105 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,795,864
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£153,282
all imported IPSA years
£268,850
19% above average
Latest expenses
£153,282
32% below average
13
5 registered categories
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
2
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

Trade
77 of 91 votes
#1
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Transport
78 of 95 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Defence
57 of 71 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Brexit / EU
166 of 211 votes
#4
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#5
Benefits
26 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Third Reading 23 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
Aye
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026 4 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
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