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Mr Will Forster vs Alex Baker

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


Voting alignment

Mr Will Forster and Alex Baker voted the same way 14% of the time, based on 318 shared comparable votes.

46 same votes 272 different votes 318 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 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 75% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
8 Aye 1 No
Energy 67% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 67% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 50% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
9 Aye 12 No
Housing 33% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
12 Aye 23 No
Education 3% aligned 35 shared votes
24 Aye 11 No
28 Aye 38 No
Tax 5% aligned 66 shared votes
41 Aye 25 No
11 Aye 4 No
Transport 7% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 14 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

74.8 %
2 % above average
Rank 325 of 650
Participation
77.4 %
5 % above average
Rank 257 of 650
421
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
436
563 eligible divisions
223
53.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
235
53.9 % of votes cast
198
47.0 % of votes cast
No votes
201
46.1 % of votes cast
4
1.0 % of votes cast
Against party
11
2.5 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

146
+75.1 vs Commons average
Rank 36 of 650
Appearances
67
-3.9 vs Commons average
Rank 276 of 650
186
+60.2 vs Commons average
Rank 113 of 650
Contributions
88
-37.8 vs Commons average
Rank 323 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£153,282
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£175,028
all imported IPSA years
£153,282
32 % below average
Latest expenses
£175,028
23 % below average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
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

#1
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Trade
5 of 5 votes
#4
Education
43 of 49 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
52 of 61 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API