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Sir John Whittingdale vs Mr Will Forster

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


Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Mr Will Forster voted the same way 81% of the time, based on 256 shared comparable votes.

207 same votes 49 different votes 256 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
27 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 60 shared votes
27 Aye 33 No
4 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 20 shared votes
4 Aye 16 No
3 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
8 Aye 20 No
Education 96% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
5 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 90% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 3 No
Energy 60% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 12 No
Benefits 67% aligned 15 shared votes
4 Aye 11 No
3 Aye 1 No
Digital / Online Safety 75% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
15 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 76% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

80.5%
8% above average
Rank 187 of 649
Participation
74.7%
2% above average
Rank 317 of 649
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
441
590 eligible divisions
915
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
235
53.3% of votes cast
998
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
206
46.7% of votes cast
12
0.6% 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

78
-4.2 vs Commons average
Rank 274 of 649
Appearances
177
+94.8 vs Commons average
Rank 31 of 649
112
-31.3 vs Commons average
Rank 296 of 649
Contributions
221
+77.7 vs Commons average
Rank 111 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£153,282
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8% above average
Latest expenses
£153,282
32% below average
10
6 registered categories
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
1
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
204 of 211 votes
#1
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Trade
82 of 91 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#4
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Defence
59 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