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Cat Smith vs Pete Wishart

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


Voting alignment

Cat Smith and Pete Wishart voted the same way 92% of the time, based on 983 shared comparable votes.

902 same votes 81 different votes 983 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
34 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 53 shared votes
34 Aye 19 No
16 Aye 29 No
Trade 100% aligned 45 shared votes
16 Aye 29 No
12 Aye 3 No
Education 100% aligned 15 shared votes
12 Aye 3 No
8 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 10 shared votes
8 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 9 No
Energy 65% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
86 Aye 32 No
Tax 80% aligned 118 shared votes
80 Aye 38 No
22 Aye 23 No
Benefits 80% aligned 45 shared votes
27 Aye 18 No
25 Aye 12 No
Digital / Online Safety 81% aligned 37 shared votes
22 Aye 15 No
18 Aye 17 No
Transport 86% aligned 35 shared votes
23 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

72.5%
same as average
Rank 367 of 649
Participation
54.3%
18% below average
Rank 609 of 649
1,723
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,289
2,376 eligible divisions
931
54.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
716
55.5% of votes cast
792
46.0% of votes cast
No votes
573
44.5% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

20
-63.7 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 649
Appearances
101
+17.3 vs Commons average
Rank 165 of 649
26
-119.9 vs Commons average
Rank 592 of 649
Contributions
121
-24.9 vs Commons average
Rank 271 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,077,786
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,971,117
all imported IPSA years
£260,697
15% above average
Latest expenses
£294,385
30% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
2
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

Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
195 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#2
Migration
147 of 171 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
#4
Trade
75 of 91 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#5
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

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