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Joe Powell vs Mr Will Forster

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


Voting alignment

Joe Powell and Mr Will Forster voted the same way 21% of the time, based on 307 shared comparable votes.

64 same votes 243 different votes 307 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
8 Aye 2 No
Energy 70% aligned 10 shared votes
9 Aye 1 No
4 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 67% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
31 Aye 28 No
Tax 5% aligned 59 shared votes
31 Aye 28 No
11 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 7% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No
20 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 9% aligned 23 shared votes
5 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

75.1 %
2 % above average
Rank 310 of 649
Participation
74.6 %
2 % above average
Rank 323 of 649
432
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
429
575 eligible divisions
204
47.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
226
52.7 % of votes cast
228
52.8 % of votes cast
No votes
203
47.3 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % 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

81
+3.0 vs Commons average
Rank 233 of 649
Appearances
170
+92.0 vs Commons average
Rank 28 of 649
108
-30.5 vs Commons average
Rank 280 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

£214,410
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£153,282
all imported IPSA years
£214,410
5 % below average
Latest expenses
£153,282
32 % below average
6
4 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

Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#1
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Migration
12 of 13 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Energy
18 of 20 votes
#4
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Work / Employment
35 of 39 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