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Josh Dean vs Mr Will Forster

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


Voting alignment

Josh Dean and Mr Will Forster voted the same way 21% of the time, based on 400 shared comparable votes.

82 same votes 318 different votes 400 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
9 Aye 2 No
Energy 73% aligned 11 shared votes
10 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 71% aligned 7 shared votes
7 Aye 0 No
6 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 40% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
1 Aye 4 No
Migration 40% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 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
51 Aye 33 No
Tax 4% aligned 84 shared votes
36 Aye 48 No
25 Aye 14 No
Education 5% aligned 39 shared votes
16 Aye 23 No
12 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 10% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

93.4%
21% above average
Rank 5 of 650
Participation
75.0%
2% above average
Rank 315 of 650
556
595 eligible divisions
Total votes
446
595 eligible divisions
278
50.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
238
53.4% of votes cast
278
50.0% of votes cast
No votes
208
46.6% of votes cast
1
0.2% 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

56
-29.2 vs Commons average
Rank 419 of 650
Appearances
185
+99.8 vs Commons average
Rank 29 of 650
63
-85.6 vs Commons average
Rank 471 of 650
Contributions
229
+80.4 vs Commons average
Rank 113 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£169,396
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£153,282
all imported IPSA years
£169,396
25% 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

Housing
32 of 32 votes
#1
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#4
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
NHS / Health
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