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Mr Will Forster

Liberal Democrat Woking

Voting record

3
Voted for
4
Voted against
2
Didn’t vote

Based on 9 recorded Commons divisions at Second or Third Reading of bills tracked by Hear, Hear — not a full voting record. “Didn’t vote” means Parliament has no vote recorded for them in that division (absent, abstained, paired, or excused). See the All votes tab below for every division.

See Mr Will Forster’s full voting record on Parliament’s site →

Every Commons division on file for Mr Will Forster — amendments, motions and opposition-day votes as well as bills. Took part in 441 of 590 (75%).

11 Sep 2026 Closure motion Ayes 293, Noes 218 no vote recorded
8 Sep 2026 Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 Ayes 106, Noes 302 no vote recorded
4 Sep 2026 Motion to sit in private Ayes 1, Noes 79 no vote recorded
7 Jul 2026 Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners Ayes 115, Noes 0 no vote recorded
23 Jun 2026 Opposition Day: Puberty blockers Ayes 112, Noes 283 no vote recorded
23 Jun 2026 Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness Ayes 108, Noes 307 no vote recorded
17 Jun 2026 National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion Ayes 233, Noes 94 no vote recorded
15 Jun 2026 Royal Albert Hall Bill [Lords]: Revival Ayes 24, Noes 37 no vote recorded
9 Jun 2026 Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 Ayes 94, Noes 297 no vote recorded
9 Jun 2026 Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 Ayes 90, Noes 290 no vote recorded
8 Jun 2026 Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 Ayes 81, Noes 266 no vote recorded
20 May 2026 King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) Ayes 104, Noes 316 no vote recorded
20 May 2026 King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) Ayes 104, Noes 317 no vote recorded
19 May 2026 King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) Ayes 108, Noes 323 no vote recorded
15 Apr 2026 Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 77 Ayes 271, Noes 95 no vote recorded
15 Apr 2026 Pensions Scheme Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 Ayes 269, Noes 103 no vote recorded
14 Apr 2026 Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 311 Ayes 300, Noes 101 no vote recorded
24 Mar 2026 Opposition Day: Defence Ayes 98, Noes 306 no vote recorded
24 Mar 2026 Opposition Day: Oil and gas Ayes 108, Noes 297 no vote recorded
18 Mar 2026 Opposition day: Student loans Ayes 88, Noes 266 no vote recorded
18 Mar 2026 Opposition day: Fuel duty Ayes 103, Noes 259 no vote recorded
28 Jan 2026 Opposition Day: Youth unemployment Ayes 91, Noes 287 no vote recorded
28 Jan 2026 Opposition Day: British Indian Ocean Territory Ayes 103, Noes 284 no vote recorded
28 Jan 2026 Draft Medical Devices (Fees Amendment) Regulations 2026 Ayes 294, Noes 108 no vote recorded
27 Jan 2026 Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 1 Ayes 88, Noes 310 no vote recorded
20 Jan 2026 Sentencing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 7 Ayes 319, Noes 127 no vote recorded
7 Jan 2026 Opposition Day: Rural communities Ayes 105, Noes 332 no vote recorded
16 Dec 2025 Finance (No. 2) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading (Opposition) Ayes 118, Noes 340 no vote recorded
10 Dec 2025 Opposition day: Conduct of the Chancellor of the Exchequer Ayes 90, Noes 297 no vote recorded
10 Dec 2025 Government Amendment to Opposition day debate on seasonal work Ayes 320, Noes 98 no vote recorded
10 Dec 2025 Opposition day: Seasonal work Ayes 98, Noes 325 no vote recorded
18 Nov 2025 Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Second Reading Ayes 320, Noes 105 no vote recorded
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Covers 9 Mar 2016 to 11 Sep 2026 — Parliament’s votes data doesn’t go back further. “No vote recorded” is Parliament’s own list of members with nothing recorded for that division: it can mean absent, deliberately abstaining, paired, or excused, and the data doesn’t say which. Click a division title for Parliament’s own page for it.

Government & opposition roles

Mr Will Forster currently holds 1 government or shadow front-bench post. See Government for who else currently holds one.

Currently holds
Liberal Democrat Deputy Chief Whip — Opposition Department — since 2026-09-01 Shadow
Previously held
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Immigration and Asylum) — Opposition Department (2025-10-01 to 2026-09-01) Shadow

Declared financial interests

From Parliament’s Register of Members’ Financial Interests — Parliament’s official register for Mr Will Forster →. Topic tags below are our own automated, best-effort keyword match, not Parliament’s classification.

3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources

Name of donor: National Liberal Club
Address of donor: 1 Whitehall Place, London SW1A 2HE
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Complimentary membership from August 2024 until December 2025, value £1,552.86
Date received: 14 August 2024 to 31 December 2025
Date accepted: 14 August 2024
Donor status: other (Private members club)
(Registered 10 March 2025)

Name of donor: National Liberal Club
Address of donor: 1 Whitehall Place, London SW1A 2HE
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Membership of the National Liberal Club until 31st December 2026, value £1,140
Date received: 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2026
Date accepted: 1 January 2026
Donor status: other (Private Members Club)
(Registered 1 May 2026)

Name of donor: Silverstone Circuits Limited
Address of donor: The Jimmy Brown Centre, Silverstone Circuit, Towcester NN12 8TN
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets with hospitality for Saturday Qualifying at Silverstone, value £1,860
Date received: 4 July 2026 to 4 July 2026
Date accepted: 4 July 2026
Donor status: company, registration 882843
(Registered 14 July 2026)

Written questions to government

No written questions on file for Mr Will Forster yet — this only covers what Hear, Hear has fetched so far (see Written questions), not necessarily every question Mr Will Forster has ever tabled.

Business costs (IPSA)

£165,628.69 paid out to or for Mr Will Forster across 189 claims — combining every financial year on file, not just the current one — covering office costs, accommodation, travel, and bought-in/temporary staffing. 1 claim on file weren’t paid out (rejected, withdrawn, or otherwise not approved). This does not include Mr Will Forster’s permanent staff’s salaries — typically the biggest single share of an MP’s real costs — which IPSA only publishes once a year, after the year closes, as one aggregate figure, never as individual claims. Some categories (especially travel) are reported by IPSA as one whole-year total rather than itemised by date — marked “Aggregated” below. See MP expenses to filter this to a single year.

By category
Staffing — £118,548.90 (3 claims)
Office Costs — £34,884.68 (159 claims)
Staff Travel — £5,697.54 (8 claims)
Accommodation — £3,965.84 (14 claims)
MP Travel — £2,531.73 (5 claims)
Most recent claims
Landline phone & internet - rental & usage — £120.00, 2026-03-31 — Internet
Equipment - purchase — £129.18, 2026-03-27 — Other office equipment
Cleaning services — £122.20, 2026-03-10 — [***] [***] [***] [200013613-15046]
Hotel - Direct Supply — £424.00, 2026-03-03 — Parliamentary Business Travel [200013646-48]
Utilities — £146.85, 2026-02-27 — Electricity
Landline phone & internet - rental & usage — £120.00, 2026-02-27 — Internet
Cleaning services — £122.20, 2026-02-12 — [***][***][***]
Hotel - Direct Supply — £215.00, 2026-02-04 — Parliamentary Business [200013646-43]

Every claim on file for Mr Will Forster →

Early Day Motions

Mr Will Forster has tabled 18 Early Day Motions on file (as primary sponsor), drawing 301 sponsor signatures in total across them. This only counts motions Mr Will Forster personally tabled — not motions Mr Will Forster may have added their name to as a supporter, which this data source doesn’t track per MP. See Early Day Motions for what this does and doesn’t cover.

Most recent tabled
Celebrating the great British postie — tabled 2026-09-11, 14 sponsors
Claudia Adolphus-Green — tabled 2026-09-04, 11 sponsors
Indefinite Leave to Remain changes — tabled 2026-06-11, 35 sponsors
Right to work — tabled 2026-06-11, 28 sponsors
Reform of the asylum system — tabled 2026-06-11, 23 sponsors

All-Party Parliamentary Groups

Mr Will Forster is a listed officer of 3 All-Party Parliamentary Groups on file. See APPGs for the full register and the biggest funders overall.

All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Baking Industry — Vice Chair
No declared funding on file.
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Parkrun — Secretary
No declared funding on file.
South Western Railway All-Party Parliamentary Group — Chair & Registered Contact
No declared funding on file.

Read this carefully: funding is declared by the group (often to pay for a secretariat that runs it), not paid to Mr Will Forster personally, and declaring it is a legal requirement rather than a sign of wrongdoing. This only covers groups Mr Will Forster is a listed officer of — ordinary members aren’t published. Amounts are Parliament’s own figures; where it gave a banded range the midpoint is used, so totals are approximate. Funders are grouped by name, so the same organisation spelled very differently may appear twice.

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