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Sir Iain Duncan Smith vs Mr Will Forster

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


Voting alignment

Sir Iain Duncan Smith and Mr Will Forster voted the same way 75% of the time, based on 309 shared comparable votes.

233 same votes 76 different votes 309 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
5 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
8 Aye 21 No
Education 97% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 No
22 Aye 46 No
Tax 96% aligned 68 shared votes
25 Aye 43 No
2 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 92% aligned 13 shared votes
3 Aye 10 No
11 Aye 10 No
Defence 86% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
0 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 1 No
Migration 0% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 5 No
Energy 43% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 50% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

81.4%
9% above average
Rank 172 of 649
Participation
74.7%
2% above average
Rank 317 of 649
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
441
590 eligible divisions
887
45.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
235
53.3% of votes cast
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
No votes
206
46.7% of votes cast
41
2.1% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.9% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

96
+13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 186 of 649
Appearances
180
+97.7 vs Commons average
Rank 28 of 649
167
+23.5 vs Commons average
Rank 170 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

£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£153,282
all imported IPSA years
£265,254
17% above average
Latest expenses
£153,282
32% below average
9
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
6
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
208 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Housing
60 of 67 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 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