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Bill Esterson vs Pete Wishart

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


Voting alignment

Bill Esterson and Pete Wishart voted the same way 90% of the time, based on 940 shared comparable votes.

843 same votes 97 different votes 940 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
8 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 10 shared votes
8 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 1 No
Housing 100% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
97 Aye 59 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 156 shared votes
94 Aye 62 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 8 No
Energy 69% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
20 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 73% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 No
24 Aye 23 No
Benefits 74% aligned 47 shared votes
30 Aye 17 No
100 Aye 37 No
Tax 78% aligned 137 shared votes
90 Aye 47 No
19 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 86% aligned 37 shared votes
18 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

71.2 %
2 % below average
Rank 410 of 648
Participation
55.2 %
18 % below average
Rank 606 of 648
1,647
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,276
2,312 eligible divisions
928
56.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
709
55.6 % of votes cast
719
43.7 % of votes cast
No votes
567
44.4 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
24 years, 11 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

55
-4.9 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 648
Appearances
55
-4.9 vs Commons average
Rank 278 of 648
80
-27.9 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 648
Contributions
69
-38.9 vs Commons average
Rank 341 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£3,003,108
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,971,117
all imported IPSA years
£282,481
25 % above average
Latest expenses
£294,385
30 % above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
2 registered categories
0
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

NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
195 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 45 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 169 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Defence
49 of 59 votes
#4
Trade
75 of 88 votes
Work / Employment
61 of 75 votes
#5
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API