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John Whitby vs Mr Will Forster

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


Voting alignment

John Whitby and Mr Will Forster voted the same way 20% of the time, based on 384 shared comparable votes.

77 same votes 307 different votes 384 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
5 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 80% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 71% aligned 7 shared votes
7 Aye 0 No
8 Aye 2 No
Energy 70% aligned 10 shared votes
9 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 40% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
15 Aye 6 No
Housing 38% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
5 Aye 23 No
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
43 Aye 30 No
Tax 4% aligned 73 shared votes
33 Aye 40 No
16 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 8% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

87.2%
15% above average
Rank 54 of 650
Participation
74.2%
2% above average
Rank 332 of 650
524
601 eligible divisions
Total votes
446
601 eligible divisions
266
50.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
238
53.4% of votes cast
258
49.2% of votes cast
No votes
208
46.6% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.9% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

62
-23.6 vs Commons average
Rank 368 of 650
Appearances
185
+99.4 vs Commons average
Rank 30 of 650
76
-73.1 vs Commons average
Rank 431 of 650
Contributions
229
+79.9 vs Commons average
Rank 112 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£191,904
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£153,282
all imported IPSA years
£191,904
15% below average
Latest expenses
£153,282
32% below average
2
2 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

Defence
34 of 34 votes
#1
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 10 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 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