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Graham Leadbitter vs Mr Will Forster

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


Voting alignment

Graham Leadbitter and Mr Will Forster voted the same way 80% of the time, based on 133 shared comparable votes.

106 same votes 27 different votes 133 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 0 No
Defence 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 2 No
Migration 100% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
3 Aye 0 No
Trade 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
5 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 88% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 0 No
Education 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
10 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 40% aligned 15 shared votes
3 Aye 12 No
2 Aye 4 No
Energy 50% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
12 Aye 8 No
Benefits 75% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
3 Aye 1 No
Transport 75% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

27.8%
45% below average
Rank 639 of 649
Participation
74.7%
2% above average
Rank 317 of 649
164
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
441
590 eligible divisions
98
59.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
235
53.3% of votes cast
66
40.2% of votes cast
No votes
206
46.7% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.9% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

76
-5.8 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 649
Appearances
177
+95.2 vs Commons average
Rank 31 of 649
89
-53.5 vs Commons average
Rank 366 of 649
Contributions
221
+78.5 vs Commons average
Rank 108 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£253,574
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£153,282
all imported IPSA years
£253,574
12% above average
Latest expenses
£153,282
32% below average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
1
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
12 of 14 votes
#1
Benefits
24 of 30 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Migration
8 of 13 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Work / Employment
20 of 39 votes
#4
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Tax
56 of 112 votes
#5
Benefits
26 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API