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Dame Siobhain McDonagh vs Mr Will Forster

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


Voting alignment

Dame Siobhain McDonagh and Mr Will Forster voted the same way 13% of the time, based on 255 shared comparable votes.

32 same votes 223 different votes 255 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
1 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 67% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 60% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 38% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 2 No
Energy 25% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 3 No
Migration 25% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 24 No
Tax 0% aligned 55 shared votes
24 Aye 31 No
2 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
0 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
14 Aye 14 No
Education 4% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 5% aligned 21 shared votes
4 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

55.2%
17% below average
Rank 605 of 649
Participation
74.8%
2% above average
Rank 317 of 649
1,310
2,373 eligible divisions
Total votes
439
587 eligible divisions
749
57.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
234
53.3% of votes cast
561
42.8% of votes cast
No votes
205
46.7% of votes cast
19
1.5% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.9% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

37
-44.2 vs Commons average
Rank 517 of 649
Appearances
173
+91.8 vs Commons average
Rank 34 of 649
32
-109.2 vs Commons average
Rank 564 of 649
Contributions
217
+75.8 vs Commons average
Rank 112 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,918,854
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£153,282
all imported IPSA years
£292,669
29% above average
Latest expenses
£153,282
32% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
9
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
147 of 211 votes
#1
Transport
64 of 95 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Education
64 of 96 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Foreign Affairs
45 of 69 votes
#4
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Trade
59 of 91 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