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Sir Julian Smith vs Mr Will Forster

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


Voting alignment

Sir Julian Smith and Mr Will Forster voted the same way 76% of the time, based on 313 shared comparable votes.

237 same votes 76 different votes 313 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
24 Aye 46 No
Tax 97% aligned 70 shared votes
26 Aye 44 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 95% aligned 20 shared votes
4 Aye 16 No
10 Aye 23 No
Education 94% aligned 33 shared votes
12 Aye 21 No
5 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 85% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No
14 Aye 9 No
Defence 83% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 1 No
Migration 0% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 5 No
Environment / Climate 29% aligned 7 shared votes
7 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 6 No
Energy 38% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 50% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

77.3%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 649
Participation
74.7%
2% above average
Rank 317 of 649
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
441
590 eligible divisions
884
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
235
53.3% of votes cast
953
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
206
46.7% of votes cast
5
0.3% 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

97
+14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 649
Appearances
180
+97.7 vs Commons average
Rank 28 of 649
115
-28.5 vs Commons average
Rank 288 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

£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£153,282
all imported IPSA years
£259,624
15% above average
Latest expenses
£153,282
32% below average
5
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

Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#1
Defence
62 of 71 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Energy
61 of 70 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
#4
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Crime / Justice
191 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