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Mark Sewards vs Mr Will Forster

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


Voting alignment

Mark Sewards and Mr Will Forster voted the same way 21% of the time, based on 333 shared comparable votes.

70 same votes 263 different votes 333 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 0 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
8 Aye 0 No
Energy 88% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 80% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
10 Aye 7 No
Housing 47% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 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
19 Aye 8 No
Education 4% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No
42 Aye 31 No
Tax 4% aligned 73 shared votes
34 Aye 39 No
4 Aye 8 No
Transport 8% aligned 12 shared votes
9 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

78.2%
5% above average
Rank 242 of 650
Participation
75.0%
2% above average
Rank 315 of 650
465
595 eligible divisions
Total votes
446
595 eligible divisions
216
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
238
53.4% of votes cast
249
53.5% 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

168
+82.8 vs Commons average
Rank 48 of 650
Appearances
185
+99.8 vs Commons average
Rank 29 of 650
179
+30.4 vs Commons average
Rank 165 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

£200,003
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£153,282
all imported IPSA years
£200,003
12% below average
Latest expenses
£153,282
32% below average
7
3 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
14 of 14 votes
#1
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#4
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Benefits
28 of 30 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