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Mike Wood vs Mr Will Forster

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


Voting alignment

Mike Wood and Mr Will Forster voted the same way 76% of the time, based on 319 shared comparable votes.

241 same votes 78 different votes 319 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
2 Aye 1 No
Trade 100% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
29 Aye 43 No
Tax 96% aligned 72 shared votes
32 Aye 40 No
10 Aye 23 No
Education 94% aligned 33 shared votes
12 Aye 21 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 90% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
5 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 87% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 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
0 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 40% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 11 No
Housing 65% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

86.2%
14% above average
Rank 72 of 649
Participation
74.7%
2% above average
Rank 317 of 649
2,049
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
441
590 eligible divisions
986
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
235
53.3% of votes cast
1,063
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
206
46.7% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.9% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

110
+27.7 vs Commons average
Rank 135 of 649
Appearances
180
+97.7 vs Commons average
Rank 28 of 649
145
+1.5 vs Commons average
Rank 210 of 649
Contributions
224
+80.5 vs Commons average
Rank 105 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,040,385
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£153,282
all imported IPSA years
£275,907
22% above average
Latest expenses
£153,282
32% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
5
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

Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#1
Migration
162 of 171 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Trade
84 of 91 votes
#4
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Housing
61 of 67 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