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Ian Byrne vs Mr Will Forster

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


Voting alignment

Ian Byrne and Mr Will Forster voted the same way 24% of the time, based on 312 shared comparable votes.

74 same votes 238 different votes 312 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
6 Aye 1 No
Energy 86% aligned 7 shared votes
7 Aye 0 No
1 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 75% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 67% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
1 Aye 3 No
Migration 50% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
15 Aye 8 No
Benefits 43% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
14 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 5% aligned 22 shared votes
7 Aye 15 No
39 Aye 20 No
Tax 5% aligned 59 shared votes
23 Aye 36 No
4 Aye 5 No
Transport 11% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

72.8%
same as average
Rank 361 of 649
Participation
74.7%
2% above average
Rank 317 of 649
1,207
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
441
590 eligible divisions
657
54.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
235
53.3% of votes cast
550
45.6% of votes cast
No votes
206
46.7% of votes cast
26
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.9% of votes cast
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

51
-32.6 vs Commons average
Rank 440 of 650
Appearances
185
+101.4 vs Commons average
Rank 27 of 650
92
-53.7 vs Commons average
Rank 366 of 650
Contributions
229
+83.3 vs Commons average
Rank 108 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,324,572
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£153,282
all imported IPSA years
£284,893
26% above average
Latest expenses
£153,282
32% below average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
2
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

Foreign Affairs
45 of 50 votes
#1
Education
61 of 69 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Digital / Online Safety
37 of 44 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 67 votes
#4
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Migration
128 of 154 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