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Mark Garnier vs Mr Will Forster

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


Voting alignment

Mark Garnier and Mr Will Forster voted the same way 79% of the time, based on 304 shared comparable votes.

240 same votes 64 different votes 304 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
3 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 1 No
Trade 100% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
11 Aye 22 No
Education 97% aligned 33 shared votes
12 Aye 21 No
29 Aye 36 No
Tax 95% aligned 65 shared votes
32 Aye 33 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 95% aligned 20 shared votes
4 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
0 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 25% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 4 No
Environment / Climate 33% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 6 No
Energy 38% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
7 Aye 14 No
Housing 62% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

83.5%
11% above average
Rank 121 of 649
Participation
74.7%
2% above average
Rank 317 of 649
1,985
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
441
590 eligible divisions
970
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
235
53.3% of votes cast
1,015
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
206
46.7% of votes cast
25
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.9% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

74
-7.8 vs Commons average
Rank 292 of 649
Appearances
177
+95.2 vs Commons average
Rank 31 of 649
121
-21.5 vs Commons average
Rank 260 of 649
Contributions
221
+78.5 vs Commons average
Rank 108 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,564,250
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£153,282
all imported IPSA years
£260,744
15% above average
Latest expenses
£153,282
32% below average
22
7 registered categories
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
4
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

Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
#1
Trade
86 of 91 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#4
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Migration
152 of 171 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