Mr Will Forster MP: votes, interests and costs
Mr Will Forster (Liberal Democrat) is the MP for Woking, elected on 4 July 2024. The Members API lists the post of Liberal Democrat Deputy Chief Whip from 1 September 2026.
Offices and committees
Current post held by Mr Will Forster, as recorded by UK Parliament:
Ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrat Deputy Chief Whip | Opposition Department | 1 September 2026 | Current |
Committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Committee of Selection | 4 September 2026 | Current |
| Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee | 28 October 2024 | Current |
Earlier ministerial and shadow posts
| Post | Department | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Immigration and Asylum) | Opposition Department | 1 October 2025 | 1 September 2026 |
Earlier committees
| Committee or post | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Licensing Hours Extensions Bill | 4 June 2025 | 4 June 2025 |
| Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill | 12 February 2025 | 18 March 2025 |
Source: Parliament Members API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 4ee705a05212.
Register of interests
The Register of Members' Financial Interests lists 3 entries for Mr Will Forster: Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources (3). The most recent was registered on 14 July 2026. Each entry is quoted as published, with its registration date; payments linked to an entry are listed under it.
Silverstone Circuits Limited - £1,860.00
- Whether the benefit was via an All Parliamentary Group (APPG): Formula 1 and Motorsport
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Two tickets with hospitality for Saturday Qualifying at Silverstone
- Value of the benefit: £1,860.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-07-04
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-07-04
- End date, if the benefit was received over time: 2026-07-04
- Name of the donor: Silverstone Circuits Limited
National Liberal Club - £1,140.00
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Membership of the National Liberal Club until 31st December 2026
- Value of the benefit: £1,140.00
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2026-01-01
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2026-01-01
- End date, if the benefit was received over time: 2026-12-31
- Name of the donor: National Liberal Club
- Status of the donor: Other
National Liberal Club - £1,552.86
- Whether the benefit was monetary or in kind: In kind
- Description of the payment: Complimentary membership from August 2024 until December 2025
- Value of the benefit: £1,552.86
- Date on which the benefit was received: 2024-08-14
- Date on which the benefit was accepted: 2024-08-14
- End date, if the benefit was received over time: 2025-12-31
- Name of the donor: National Liberal Club
- Status of the donor: Other
Source: Register of Members' Financial Interests API, read 27 October 2026. The register entry on UK Parliament.
Business costs (IPSA)
The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority publishes Mr Will Forster's 2024-25 staffing spend as £118,549 (budget £185,538). Office costs came to £26,136 of a £30,426 budget. Budgets for that year run from the MP's election on 4 July 2024, as IPSA's reason column states. IPSA publishes each budget, the amount spent and the amount left (the remaining amounts are in IPSA's files); no total across budgets is published, so none is given here.
| IPSA figure | 2024-25 |
|---|---|
| Staffing: spent | £118,548.90 |
| Office costs: spent | £26,136.48 |
| Accommodation: spent | £367.84 |
| Travel and subsistence (no cap): spent | £8,229.27 |
| Other costs (no cap): spent | £0.00 |
Budgets set for 2024-25: office costs £30,426, staffing £185,538, accommodation £21,667 (Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024, and a start-up supplement of £6,000; Standard non-London area budget from 5 July 2024; Standard budget for renting a property in the London area from 5 July 2024).
IPSA's CSVs for 2024-25, read 15 October 2026; constituency as IPSA lists it: Woking BC.
Staff roles listed by IPSA, 2024-25
Senior Parliamentary Assistant (fixed term part time), Chief of Staff (fixed term full time), Senior Casework Team Leader/Manager (fixed term full time), Communications Officer (fixed term part time), Caseworker (fixed term full time), Executive Officer (fixed term part time), Caseworker (fixed term part time) (IPSA CSV)
IPSA annual publications · All MPs' 2024-25 costs (table and CSV)
Votes in the Commons
The Commons Votes API records 456 votes by Mr Will Forster in divisions since 4 July 2024. Of these, 39 were votes on statutory instruments or procedural motions, which are not listed below. The latest 30 votes on bills and motions are below, from 1 July 2026 to 20 October 2026. The most recent, on 20 October 2026, was a No on "Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading".
Source: Commons Votes API, read 27 October 2026. Only divisions in which a vote is recorded for the MP are counted. The full list on UK Parliament.
Written questions
Since 4 July 2024, 435 written questions have been tabled by Mr Will Forster, the parliamentary record shows. Departments in the latest 10: Department for Transport; Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Home Office; Department for Energy Security and Net Zero; and others.
Public Transport: Wheelchairs
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her department will review wheelchair access legislation to secure wheelchair users an enforceable right to access public transport.
Paper: Recycling
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions the Government has had with local authorities on improving the quality and consistency of paper recycling collections.
Paper: Recycling
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government has considered introducing the potential merits of introducing measures to improve the quality of paper placed in household recycling bins.
Paper: Recycling
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to reduce contamination in paper recycling collections.
Paper: Recycling
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of poor-quality paper waste on the ability of recycling facilities to produce high-quality recycled paper.
Proscribed Organisations: Arrests
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many arrests have been made under counterterrorism legislation since the proscription of Palestine Action; and of those how many were made at the UK border.
Palestine Action
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been detained and questioned under counterterrorism legislation since the proscription of Palestine Action, including how many were questioned at the UK border.
Energy: Prices
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps her Department is taking to help support households experiencing rising heating costs through winter 2026-27 in Woking constituency.
Artificial Intelligence: National Security
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to protect national security from potential impacts of inappropriate use of AI.
Artificial Intelligence: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of requiring AI companies to publish their training models.
Source: Written Questions API, read 15 October 2026, SHA-256 b25bba40bd6c. Question wording as listed by the API, which gives the opening words of longer questions. All questions by Mr Will Forster.
2024 general election
At the 4 July 2024 general election Woking returned Mr Will Forster with a majority of 11,246: 24,019 votes, 49.9% of those cast, against 12,773 for Jonathan Lord. Result as published: LD gain from Con.
Commons Library results, read 14 October 2026 · Woking figures
Built 15 October 2026 from official records; register entries and votes are re-read on a rolling schedule. This page sets out what the record shows and gives no rating of the MP. Official UK Parliament page · All MPs · Something wrong? Tell us.