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Mr Will Forster vs James Cartlidge

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


Voting alignment

Mr Will Forster and James Cartlidge voted the same way 80% of the time, based on 308 shared comparable votes.

245 same votes 63 different votes 308 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
NHS / Health 100% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
11 Aye 17 No
Education 96% aligned 28 shared votes
10 Aye 18 No
31 Aye 46 No
Tax 96% aligned 77 shared votes
28 Aye 49 No
5 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 90% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
6 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 88% aligned 25 shared votes
5 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
7 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 29% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 1 No
Energy 33% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 43% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 7 No
Benefits 62% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

74.7%
2% above average
Rank 317 of 649
Participation
86.4%
14% above average
Rank 67 of 649
441
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,052
2,376 eligible divisions
235
53.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
982
47.9% of votes cast
206
46.7% of votes cast
No votes
1,070
52.1% of votes cast
4
0.9% of votes cast
Against party
14
0.7% 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
Rank 27 of 649
Appearances
62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 361 of 649
229
+83.1 vs Commons average
Rank 108 of 649
Contributions
155
+9.1 vs Commons average
Rank 196 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£153,282
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,908,598
all imported IPSA years
£153,282
32% below average
Latest expenses
£280,834
24% above average
3
1 registered category
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

#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Work / Employment
73 of 77 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
Benefits
26 of 30 votes
#5
Housing
62 of 67 votes

Recent voting overlap

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