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Mr Louie French vs Mr Will Forster

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


Voting alignment

Mr Louie French and Mr Will Forster voted the same way 79% of the time, based on 303 shared comparable votes.

240 same votes 63 different votes 303 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
7 Aye 3 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
16 Aye 47 No
Tax 97% aligned 63 shared votes
18 Aye 45 No
7 Aye 21 No
Education 93% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
5 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 90% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
8 Aye 10 No
Defence 89% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 1 No
Migration 0% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
0 Aye 3 No
Energy 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 50% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No

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

Voting record

80.0%
8% above average
Rank 195 of 650
Participation
73.9%
1% above average
Rank 338 of 650
1,030
1,287 eligible divisions
Total votes
466
631 eligible divisions
520
50.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
251
53.9% of votes cast
510
49.5% of votes cast
No votes
215
46.1% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.9% of votes cast
4 years, 11 months
Since 2 Dec 2021
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

62
-32.6 vs Commons average
Rank 417 of 650
Appearances
215
+120.4 vs Commons average
Rank 23 of 650
104
-60.8 vs Commons average
Rank 377 of 650
Contributions
267
+102.2 vs Commons average
Rank 102 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£423,303
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£153,282
all imported IPSA years
£143,451
37% below average
Latest expenses
£153,282
32% below average
9
4 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

Work / Employment
66 of 68 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
41 of 43 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Brexit / EU
16 of 17 votes
#3
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Migration
127 of 136 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 10 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