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Ben Coleman vs Mr Will Forster

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


Voting alignment

Ben Coleman and Mr Will Forster voted the same way 18% of the time, based on 307 shared comparable votes.

55 same votes 252 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
5 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 86% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
9 Aye 2 No
Energy 73% aligned 11 shared votes
10 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 0 No
Digital / Online Safety 60% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
9 Aye 4 No
Housing 54% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 17 shared votes
3 Aye 14 No
2 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
19 Aye 9 No
Education 4% aligned 28 shared votes
10 Aye 18 No
35 Aye 25 No
Tax 5% aligned 60 shared votes
28 Aye 32 No

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

Voting record

72.0 %
1 % below average
Rank 380 of 649
Participation
74.6 %
2 % above average
Rank 323 of 649
414
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
429
575 eligible divisions
226
54.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
226
52.7 % of votes cast
188
45.4 % of votes cast
No votes
203
47.3 % of votes cast
11
2.7 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.9 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

43
-34.9 vs Commons average
Rank 476 of 650
Appearances
170
+92.1 vs Commons average
Rank 28 of 650
68
-70.3 vs Commons average
Rank 426 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

£186,638
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£153,282
all imported IPSA years
£186,638
17 % below average
Latest expenses
£153,282
32 % below average
1
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
10 of 10 votes
#1
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Energy
18 of 20 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Transport
26 of 29 votes
#4
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Work / Employment
34 of 39 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