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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 265 shared comparable votes.
214 same votes
51 different votes
265 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
80.4%
8% above average
Participation
73.7%
1% above average
1,935
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
457
620 eligible divisions
927
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
248
54.3% of votes cast
1,008
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
209
45.7% of votes cast
12
0.6% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.9% of votes cast
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Debates
86
-7.9 vs Commons average
Appearances
211
+117.1 vs Commons average
121
-42.5 vs Commons average
Contributions
261
+97.5 vs Commons average
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
9
5 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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
No
Aye
No
Aye
No
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API