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Gareth Thomas vs Pete Wishart

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


Voting alignment

Gareth Thomas and Pete Wishart voted the same way 91% of the time, based on 952 shared comparable votes.

870 same votes 82 different votes 952 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
29 Aye 32 No
Trade 100% aligned 61 shared votes
29 Aye 32 No
18 Aye 14 No
Defence 100% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 No
7 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 1 No
Housing 100% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 8 No
Energy 62% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
23 Aye 22 No
Benefits 76% aligned 45 shared votes
28 Aye 17 No
96 Aye 42 No
Tax 77% aligned 138 shared votes
92 Aye 46 No
21 Aye 15 No
Transport 86% aligned 36 shared votes
24 Aye 12 No
20 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 90% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

66.5%
6% below average
Rank 491 of 649
Participation
54.3%
18% below average
Rank 609 of 649
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,289
2,376 eligible divisions
897
56.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
716
55.5% of votes cast
684
43.3% of votes cast
No votes
573
44.5% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

43
-40.7 vs Commons average
Rank 494 of 649
Appearances
101
+17.3 vs Commons average
Rank 165 of 649
48
-97.9 vs Commons average
Rank 515 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

£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,971,117
all imported IPSA years
£293,113
30% above average
Latest expenses
£294,385
30% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
14
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

Brexit / EU
180 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
195 of 211 votes
Defence
59 of 71 votes
#2
Migration
147 of 171 votes
Migration
138 of 171 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Transport
70 of 95 votes
#4
Trade
75 of 91 votes
Trade
67 of 91 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