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Nick Smith vs Mr Will Forster
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Nick Smith and Mr Will Forster voted the same way 16% of the time, based on 340 shared comparable votes.
54 same votes
286 different votes
340 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
74.9%
2% above average
Participation
74.7%
2% above average
1,771
2,366 eligible divisions
Total votes
433
580 eligible divisions
1,013
57.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
229
52.9% of votes cast
758
42.8% of votes cast
No votes
204
47.1% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.9% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Debates
93
+14.3 vs Commons average
Appearances
173
+94.3 vs Commons average
122
-15.1 vs Commons average
Contributions
216
+78.9 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,595,067
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£153,282
all imported IPSA years
£251,492
11% above average
Latest expenses
£153,282
32% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
2
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API