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Paul Holmes vs Mr Will Forster

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


Voting alignment

Paul Holmes and Mr Will Forster voted the same way 75% of the time, based on 290 shared comparable votes.

217 same votes 73 different votes 290 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
4 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
27 Aye 37 No
Tax 95% aligned 64 shared votes
30 Aye 34 No
8 Aye 16 No
Education 92% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No
8 Aye 4 No
Transport 92% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
1 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 90% aligned 21 shared votes
3 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 1 No
Migration 0% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 7 No
Energy 33% aligned 9 shared votes
8 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 43% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 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

85.0%
12% above average
Rank 93 of 649
Participation
74.7%
2% above average
Rank 317 of 649
1,410
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
441
590 eligible divisions
702
49.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
235
53.3% of votes cast
708
50.2% of votes cast
No votes
206
46.7% of votes cast
5
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.9% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

112
+29.7 vs Commons average
Rank 129 of 649
Appearances
180
+97.7 vs Commons average
Rank 28 of 649
385
+241.5 vs Commons average
Rank 39 of 649
Contributions
224
+80.5 vs Commons average
Rank 105 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,091,272
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£153,282
all imported IPSA years
£234,722
4% above average
Latest expenses
£153,282
32% below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
3
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

Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#4
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 44 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