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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 946 shared comparable votes.

847 same votes 99 different votes 946 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

71.0 %
2 % below average
Rank 407 of 649
Participation
54.4 %
18 % below average
Rank 609 of 649
1,677
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,285
2,361 eligible divisions
942
56.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
714
55.6 % of votes cast
735
43.8 % of votes cast
No votes
571
44.4 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
25 years, 2 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

54
-23.9 vs Commons average
Rank 397 of 650
Appearances
92
+14.1 vs Commons average
Rank 173 of 650
77
-61.3 vs Commons average
Rank 399 of 650
Contributions
108
-30.3 vs Commons average
Rank 279 of 650

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
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
6
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Defence
61 of 71 votes
#2
Migration
147 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#4
Trade
75 of 91 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 77 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