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John McDonnell vs Pete Wishart

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


Voting alignment

John McDonnell and Pete Wishart voted the same way 92% of the time, based on 1,048 shared comparable votes.

967 same votes 81 different votes 1,048 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
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
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
37 Aye 96 No
Migration 99% aligned 133 shared votes
36 Aye 97 No
Most different by topic
109 Aye 46 No
Tax 75% aligned 155 shared votes
100 Aye 55 No
17 Aye 10 No
Energy 78% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No
25 Aye 12 No
Digital / Online Safety 86% aligned 37 shared votes
22 Aye 15 No
22 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 89% aligned 44 shared votes
21 Aye 23 No
19 Aye 14 No
Transport 91% aligned 33 shared votes
20 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

79.1 %
6 % above average
Rank 234 of 648
Participation
55.2 %
18 % below average
Rank 606 of 648
1,829
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,276
2,312 eligible divisions
1,003
54.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
709
55.6 % of votes cast
826
45.2 % of votes cast
No votes
567
44.4 % of votes cast
22
1.2 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
24 years, 11 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

87
+27.1 vs Commons average
Rank 116 of 648
Appearances
55
-4.9 vs Commons average
Rank 278 of 648
118
+10.1 vs Commons average
Rank 174 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

£2,684,777
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,971,117
all imported IPSA years
£269,647
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£294,385
30 % above average
4
1 registered category
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

Defence
54 of 59 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
195 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 169 votes
Work / Employment
68 of 75 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Migration
151 of 169 votes
#4
Trade
75 of 88 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes
#5
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

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