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Jake Richards vs Pete Wishart

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


Voting alignment

Jake Richards and Pete Wishart voted the same way 41% of the time, based on 106 shared comparable votes.

43 same votes 63 different votes 106 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
14 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 74% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 73% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
0 Aye 5 No
Migration 60% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 2 No
Transport 50% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 9 No
Benefits 36% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 2 No
Energy 0% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
22 Aye 4 No
Tax 19% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
6 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 0 No
Defence 33% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 9 No
Benefits 36% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

72.4%
same as average
Rank 371 of 649
Participation
54.3%
18% below average
Rank 609 of 649
427
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,289
2,376 eligible divisions
220
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
716
55.5% of votes cast
207
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
573
44.5% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

68
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 327 of 649
Appearances
101
+17.3 vs Commons average
Rank 165 of 649
229
+83.1 vs Commons average
Rank 106 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

£187,382
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,971,117
all imported IPSA years
£187,382
17% below average
Latest expenses
£294,385
30% above average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
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

Housing
32 of 32 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
195 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Migration
147 of 171 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Defence
31 of 34 votes
#4
Trade
75 of 91 votes
Education
44 of 50 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