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Joani Reid vs Mr Will Forster

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

Photograph of Joani Reid
Joani Reid
Lab East Kilbride and Strathaven
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Photograph of Mr Will Forster
Mr Will Forster
LD Woking

Voting alignment

Joani Reid and Mr Will Forster voted the same way 22% of the time, based on 236 shared comparable votes.

51 same votes 185 different votes 236 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 0 No
Energy 83% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 67% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 43% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 38% aligned 16 shared votes
12 Aye 4 No
15 Aye 6 No
Housing 33% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
1 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
0 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
11 Aye 14 No
Education 4% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
39 Aye 25 No
Tax 5% aligned 64 shared votes
28 Aye 36 No

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

Voting record

58.3 %
14 % below average
Rank 585 of 649
Participation
74.6 %
2 % above average
Rank 323 of 649
335
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
429
575 eligible divisions
146
43.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
226
52.7 % of votes cast
189
56.4 % of votes cast
No votes
203
47.3 % of votes cast
1
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.9 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

12
-66.0 vs Commons average
Rank 609 of 649
Appearances
170
+92.0 vs Commons average
Rank 28 of 649
14
-124.5 vs Commons average
Rank 609 of 649
Contributions
214
+75.5 vs Commons average
Rank 109 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£199,569
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£153,282
all imported IPSA years
£199,569
12 % below average
Latest expenses
£153,282
32 % below average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
0
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
29 of 31 votes
#1
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Digital / Online Safety
8 of 11 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Tax
79 of 111 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Transport
20 of 29 votes
#4
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Education
33 of 50 votes
#5
Benefits
26 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Opposition Day: Protections for children from online harms 24 Feb 2026
Education
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026 4 Feb 2026
Energy Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill: Second Reading 3 Feb 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 9 27 Jan 2026
No
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Report Stage: Amendment 25 24 Nov 2025
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
Draft Radio Equipment (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2025 19 Nov 2025
Aye
No
Opposition day: Welfare spending 4 Nov 2025
Benefits
No
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