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Helen Whately vs Mr Will Forster

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


Voting alignment

Helen Whately and Mr Will Forster voted the same way 75% of the time, based on 292 shared comparable votes.

218 same votes 74 different votes 292 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
NHS / Health 100% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
25 Aye 47 No
Tax 96% aligned 72 shared votes
28 Aye 44 No
9 Aye 22 No
Education 94% aligned 31 shared votes
11 Aye 20 No
4 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 89% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 No
9 Aye 9 No
Defence 83% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
0 Aye 5 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 1 No
Migration 0% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 6 No
Energy 38% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 14 No
Housing 58% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

83.7%
11% above average
Rank 119 of 649
Participation
74.7%
2% above average
Rank 317 of 649
1,989
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
441
590 eligible divisions
950
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
235
53.3% of votes cast
1,039
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
206
46.7% of votes cast
4
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.9% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

43
-39.3 vs Commons average
Rank 489 of 649
Appearances
180
+97.7 vs Commons average
Rank 28 of 649
65
-78.5 vs Commons average
Rank 459 of 649
Contributions
224
+80.5 vs Commons average
Rank 105 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£153,282
all imported IPSA years
£269,510
19% above average
Latest expenses
£153,282
32% below average
9
2 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

Trade
86 of 91 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#4
NHS / Health
10 of 11 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