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Kerry McCarthy vs Pete Wishart

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


Voting alignment

Kerry McCarthy and Pete Wishart voted the same way 91% of the time, based on 1,044 shared comparable votes.

945 same votes 99 different votes 1,044 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
100 Aye 75 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 175 shared votes
100 Aye 75 No
9 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 11 shared votes
9 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 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
Most different by topic
19 Aye 10 No
Energy 59% aligned 29 shared votes
17 Aye 12 No
23 Aye 24 No
Benefits 74% aligned 47 shared votes
29 Aye 18 No
104 Aye 43 No
Tax 75% aligned 147 shared votes
95 Aye 52 No
22 Aye 17 No
Transport 85% aligned 39 shared votes
26 Aye 13 No
17 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 88% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 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 221 of 649
Participation
54.3%
18% below average
Rank 609 of 649
1,879
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,289
2,376 eligible divisions
1,052
56.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
716
55.5% of votes cast
827
44.0% of votes cast
No votes
573
44.5% of votes cast
6
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

82
-1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 253 of 649
Appearances
101
+17.3 vs Commons average
Rank 165 of 649
110
-35.9 vs Commons average
Rank 315 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

£3,045,317
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,971,117
all imported IPSA years
£309,387
37% above average
Latest expenses
£294,385
30% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
7
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
66 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
195 of 211 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#2
Migration
147 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Education
84 of 96 votes
#4
Trade
75 of 91 votes
Democracy / Parliament
41 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