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Matt Western vs Pete Wishart

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


Voting alignment

Matt Western and Pete Wishart voted the same way 90% of the time, based on 904 shared comparable votes.

811 same votes 93 different votes 904 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
86 Aye 60 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 146 shared votes
86 Aye 60 No
7 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
37 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 51 shared votes
36 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 6 No
Energy 67% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
23 Aye 21 No
Benefits 73% aligned 44 shared votes
29 Aye 15 No
91 Aye 32 No
Tax 73% aligned 123 shared votes
80 Aye 43 No
4 Aye 1 No
Education 80% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
20 Aye 13 No
Transport 82% aligned 33 shared votes
24 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

74.3%
2% above average
Rank 323 of 650
Participation
53.7%
19% below average
Rank 610 of 650
1,598
2,151 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,293
2,406 eligible divisions
889
55.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
719
55.6% of votes cast
709
44.4% of votes cast
No votes
574
44.4% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
25 years, 4 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

94
+3.4 vs Commons average
Rank 232 of 650
Appearances
116
+25.4 vs Commons average
Rank 146 of 650
110
-47.6 vs Commons average
Rank 342 of 650
Contributions
144
-13.6 vs Commons average
Rank 241 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,940,185
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,971,117
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38% above average
Latest expenses
£294,385
30% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
3
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
79 of 82 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
195 of 212 votes
Migration
147 of 163 votes
#2
Migration
147 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#3
Trade
78 of 94 votes
Brexit / EU
166 of 189 votes
#4
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 47 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API