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Sir Gavin Williamson vs Mr Will Forster

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


Voting alignment

Sir Gavin Williamson and Mr Will Forster voted the same way 76% of the time, based on 282 shared comparable votes.

213 same votes 69 different votes 282 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
2 Aye 1 No
Trade 100% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
10 Aye 18 No
Education 96% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
27 Aye 49 No
Tax 96% aligned 76 shared votes
30 Aye 46 No
5 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 88% aligned 25 shared votes
6 Aye 19 No
5 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 85% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 1 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
0 Aye 4 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 1 No
Migration 0% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 43% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 5 No
Energy 43% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

78.3%
6% above average
Rank 235 of 649
Participation
74.7%
2% above average
Rank 317 of 649
1,860
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
441
590 eligible divisions
889
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
235
53.3% of votes cast
971
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
206
46.7% of votes cast
8
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

72
-10.3 vs Commons average
Rank 302 of 649
Appearances
180
+97.7 vs Commons average
Rank 28 of 649
89
-54.5 vs Commons average
Rank 370 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

£2,645,311
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£153,282
all imported IPSA years
£278,816
23% above average
Latest expenses
£153,282
32% below average
11
5 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

Brexit / EU
200 of 211 votes
#1
Migration
155 of 171 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Transport
83 of 95 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Trade
78 of 91 votes
#4
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Housing
57 of 67 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