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Greg Smith vs Mr Will Forster

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


Voting alignment

Greg Smith and Mr Will Forster voted the same way 78% of the time, based on 322 shared comparable votes.

251 same votes 71 different votes 322 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 2 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
10 Aye 20 No
Education 97% aligned 30 shared votes
11 Aye 19 No
29 Aye 47 No
Tax 96% aligned 76 shared votes
32 Aye 44 No
5 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 90% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
5 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 88% aligned 25 shared votes
6 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 5 No
Environment / Climate 29% aligned 7 shared votes
7 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 7 No
Energy 33% aligned 9 shared votes
8 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 43% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 2 No
Foreign Affairs 67% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

88.9 %
16 % above average
Rank 33 of 650
Participation
74.8 %
2 % above average
Rank 325 of 650
1,450
1,631 eligible divisions
Total votes
421
563 eligible divisions
707
48.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
223
53.0 % of votes cast
743
51.2 % of votes cast
No votes
198
47.0 % of votes cast
21
1.4 % of votes cast
Against party
4
1.0 % of votes cast
6 years, 6 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

187
+116.1 vs Commons average
Rank 15 of 650
Appearances
146
+75.1 vs Commons average
Rank 36 of 650
259
+133.2 vs Commons average
Rank 60 of 650
Contributions
186
+60.2 vs Commons average
Rank 113 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,059,267
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£153,282
all imported IPSA years
£286,530
27 % above average
Latest expenses
£153,282
32 % below average
10
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
3
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
63 of 63 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Trade
50 of 51 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Migration
148 of 152 votes
#4
Trade
5 of 5 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#5
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API