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Jeff Smith vs Mr Will Forster

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


Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and Mr Will Forster voted the same way 18% of the time, based on 364 shared comparable votes.

67 same votes 297 different votes 364 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 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 86% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
7 Aye 2 No
Energy 67% aligned 9 shared votes
8 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 60% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
14 Aye 6 No
Housing 35% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No
2 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
48 Aye 29 No
Tax 4% aligned 77 shared votes
32 Aye 45 No
22 Aye 13 No
Education 6% aligned 35 shared votes
15 Aye 20 No
4 Aye 9 No
Transport 8% aligned 13 shared votes
10 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

79.5 %
7 % above average
Rank 209 of 649
Participation
74.6 %
2 % above average
Rank 323 of 649
1,877
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
429
575 eligible divisions
1,024
54.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
226
52.7 % of votes cast
853
45.4 % of votes cast
No votes
203
47.3 % of votes cast
8
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.9 % of votes cast
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

45
-32.9 vs Commons average
Rank 459 of 650
Appearances
170
+92.1 vs Commons average
Rank 28 of 650
61
-77.3 vs Commons average
Rank 451 of 650
Contributions
214
+75.7 vs Commons average
Rank 109 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£153,282
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26 % above average
Latest expenses
£153,282
32 % below average
4
2 registered categories
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

Housing
61 of 66 votes
#1
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 43 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#4
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 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