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Steve Reed vs Mr Will Forster

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


Voting alignment

Steve Reed and Mr Will Forster voted the same way 22% of the time, based on 206 shared comparable votes.

45 same votes 161 different votes 206 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
6 Aye 0 No
Energy 100% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 67% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
14 Aye 4 No
Housing 39% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 No
15 Aye 4 No
Crime / Justice 26% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
4 Aye 5 No
Transport 22% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
0 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
12 Aye 11 No
Education 4% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
32 Aye 24 No
Tax 5% aligned 56 shared votes
27 Aye 29 No
5 Aye 6 No
Benefits 9% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

62.0%
11% below average
Rank 558 of 650
Participation
75.0%
2% above average
Rank 315 of 650
1,476
2,381 eligible divisions
Total votes
446
595 eligible divisions
863
58.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
238
53.4% of votes cast
613
41.5% of votes cast
No votes
208
46.6% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.9% of votes cast
13 years, 10 months
Since 29 Nov 2012
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

46
-39.2 vs Commons average
Rank 481 of 650
Appearances
185
+99.8 vs Commons average
Rank 29 of 650
410
+261.4 vs Commons average
Rank 36 of 650
Contributions
229
+80.4 vs Commons average
Rank 113 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,494,265
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£153,282
all imported IPSA years
£293,477
30% above average
Latest expenses
£153,282
32% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
4
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

Foreign Affairs
61 of 70 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
179 of 211 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Trade
67 of 91 votes
#4
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
NHS / Health
40 of 56 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