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Sir James Cleverly vs Mr Will Forster

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


Voting alignment

Sir James Cleverly and Mr Will Forster voted the same way 76% of the time, based on 280 shared comparable votes.

214 same votes 66 different votes 280 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 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
27 Aye 40 No
Tax 97% aligned 67 shared votes
29 Aye 38 No
5 Aye 10 No
Devolution / Local Government 93% aligned 15 shared votes
4 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 16 No
Education 92% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No
2 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 86% 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
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 40% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 43% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 3 No
Energy 60% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

69.7%
3% below average
Rank 434 of 649
Participation
74.7%
2% above average
Rank 317 of 649
1,656
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
441
590 eligible divisions
777
46.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
235
53.3% of votes cast
879
53.1% of votes cast
No votes
206
46.7% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.9% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

44
-38.3 vs Commons average
Rank 485 of 649
Appearances
180
+97.7 vs Commons average
Rank 28 of 649
90
-53.5 vs Commons average
Rank 366 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

£2,020,933
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£153,282
all imported IPSA years
£266,795
18% above average
Latest expenses
£153,282
32% below average
5
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
191 of 211 votes
#1
Transport
79 of 95 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Trade
73 of 91 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
#4
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
52 of 69 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