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Mr Will Forster vs Catherine West
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Mr Will Forster and Catherine West voted the same way 16% of the time, based on 269 shared comparable votes.
43 same votes
226 different votes
269 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
74.7%
2% above average
Participation
73.5%
1% above average
441
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,747
2,376 eligible divisions
235
53.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
947
54.2% of votes cast
206
46.7% of votes cast
No votes
800
45.8% of votes cast
4
0.9% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.5% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Debates
185
+101.3 vs Commons average
Appearances
49
-34.7 vs Commons average
229
+83.1 vs Commons average
Contributions
60
-85.9 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£153,282
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,012,777
all imported IPSA years
£153,282
32% below average
Latest expenses
£264,778
17% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
No
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API