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Pete Wishart vs Apsana Begum

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


Voting alignment

Pete Wishart and Apsana Begum voted the same way 92% of the time, based on 611 shared comparable votes.

561 same votes 50 different votes 611 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
35 Aye 72 No
Migration 100% aligned 107 shared votes
35 Aye 72 No
18 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 46 shared votes
18 Aye 28 No
17 Aye 13 No
Defence 100% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 11 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
63 Aye 29 No
Tax 66% aligned 92 shared votes
66 Aye 26 No
14 Aye 6 No
Energy 70% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 6 No
Transport 75% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 0 No
Education 80% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
14 Aye 17 No
Trade 90% aligned 31 shared votes
11 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

54.3%
18% below average
Rank 609 of 649
Participation
69.4%
3% below average
Rank 442 of 649
1,289
2,372 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,148
1,654 eligible divisions
716
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
599
52.2% of votes cast
573
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
549
47.8% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
22
1.9% of votes cast
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

98
+17.4 vs Commons average
Rank 166 of 649
Appearances
80
-0.6 vs Commons average
Rank 253 of 649
120
-20.5 vs Commons average
Rank 257 of 649
Contributions
90
-50.5 vs Commons average
Rank 370 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,971,117
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,215,832
all imported IPSA years
£294,385
30% above average
Latest expenses
£255,110
13% above average
5
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
3
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

Brexit / EU
195 of 211 votes
#1
Benefits
57 of 68 votes
Migration
147 of 171 votes
#2
Work / Employment
56 of 67 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
36 of 44 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

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