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Sir Alec Shelbrooke vs Mr Will Forster

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


Voting alignment

Sir Alec Shelbrooke and Mr Will Forster voted the same way 76% of the time, based on 252 shared comparable votes.

192 same votes 60 different votes 252 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
0 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 16 shared votes
0 Aye 16 No
3 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 1 No
Trade 100% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
7 Aye 17 No
Education 96% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
26 Aye 40 No
Tax 95% aligned 66 shared votes
29 Aye 37 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
0 Aye 5 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 6 No
Energy 38% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 6 No
Benefits 44% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 14 No
Housing 62% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

72.4%
same as average
Rank 370 of 649
Participation
74.7%
2% above average
Rank 317 of 649
1,720
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
441
590 eligible divisions
790
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
235
53.3% of votes cast
930
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
206
46.7% of votes cast
7
0.4% 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

145
+62.7 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 649
Appearances
180
+97.7 vs Commons average
Rank 28 of 649
181
+37.5 vs Commons average
Rank 155 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

£2,686,484
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£153,282
all imported IPSA years
£274,658
21% above average
Latest expenses
£153,282
32% below average
4
2 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
202 of 211 votes
#1
Trade
86 of 91 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#4
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Defence
65 of 71 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