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David Burton-Sampson vs Mr Will Forster

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


Voting alignment

David Burton-Sampson and Mr Will Forster voted the same way 20% of the time, based on 383 shared comparable votes.

75 same votes 308 different votes 383 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 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 80% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
9 Aye 2 No
Energy 73% aligned 11 shared votes
10 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 71% aligned 7 shared votes
7 Aye 0 No
6 Aye 0 No
Digital / Online Safety 50% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
51 Aye 33 No
Tax 4% aligned 84 shared votes
36 Aye 48 No
25 Aye 13 No
Education 5% aligned 38 shared votes
15 Aye 23 No
16 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 8% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
13 Aye 8 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

87.5%
15% above average
Rank 51 of 650
Participation
74.2%
2% above average
Rank 332 of 650
526
601 eligible divisions
Total votes
446
601 eligible divisions
274
52.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
238
53.4% of votes cast
252
47.9% of votes cast
No votes
208
46.6% of votes cast
3
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.9% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

58
-27.6 vs Commons average
Rank 408 of 650
Appearances
185
+99.4 vs Commons average
Rank 30 of 650
60
-89.1 vs Commons average
Rank 480 of 650
Contributions
229
+79.9 vs Commons average
Rank 112 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£191,962
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£153,282
all imported IPSA years
£191,962
15% below average
Latest expenses
£153,282
32% below average
3
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

Defence
34 of 34 votes
#1
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#3
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 10 votes
Migration
13 of 13 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