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Shabana Mahmood vs Mr Will Forster

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


Voting alignment

Shabana Mahmood and Mr Will Forster voted the same way 23% of the time, based on 109 shared comparable votes.

25 same votes 84 different votes 109 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
6 Aye 0 No
Energy 100% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 1 No
Democracy / Parliament 80% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
9 Aye 1 No
Crime / Justice 30% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 4 No
Defence 29% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 5 No
Housing 25% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
20 Aye 7 No
Tax 11% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
4 Aye 5 No
Benefits 11% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 5 No
Housing 25% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 4 No
Defence 29% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

53.6 %
19 % below average
Rank 612 of 649
Participation
74.6 %
2 % above average
Rank 323 of 649
1,266
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
429
575 eligible divisions
729
57.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
226
52.7 % of votes cast
537
42.4 % of votes cast
No votes
203
47.3 % of votes cast
12
0.9 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.9 % of votes cast
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

73
-5.0 vs Commons average
Rank 282 of 649
Appearances
170
+92.0 vs Commons average
Rank 28 of 649
838
+699.5 vs Commons average
Rank 7 of 649
Contributions
214
+75.5 vs Commons average
Rank 109 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,874,401
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£153,282
all imported IPSA years
£287,702
27 % above average
Latest expenses
£153,282
32 % below average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
5
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
182 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
51 of 69 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
28 of 43 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Trade
59 of 91 votes
#4
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Migration
107 of 171 votes
#5
Benefits
26 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API