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Pete Wishart vs Bill Esterson

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


Voting alignment

Pete Wishart and Bill Esterson voted the same way 90% of the time, based on 940 shared comparable votes.

843 same votes 97 different votes 940 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
6 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 8 shared votes
6 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
94 Aye 62 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 156 shared votes
97 Aye 59 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 13 No
Energy 69% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
17 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 73% aligned 26 shared votes
20 Aye 6 No
30 Aye 17 No
Benefits 74% aligned 47 shared votes
24 Aye 23 No
90 Aye 47 No
Tax 78% aligned 137 shared votes
100 Aye 37 No
18 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 86% aligned 37 shared votes
19 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

54.7 %
18 % below average
Rank 606 of 647
Participation
71.0 %
2 % below average
Rank 411 of 647
1,276
2,333 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,656
2,333 eligible divisions
709
55.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
930
56.2 % of votes cast
567
44.4 % of votes cast
No votes
726
43.8 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
25 years, 0 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

67
+0.8 vs Commons average
Rank 229 of 650
Appearances
52
-14.2 vs Commons average
Rank 345 of 650
77
-40.8 vs Commons average
Rank 343 of 650
Contributions
77
-40.8 vs Commons average
Rank 345 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,971,117
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,003,108
all imported IPSA years
£294,385
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£282,481
25 % above average
5
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Migration
145 of 169 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
38 of 45 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#3
Defence
54 of 64 votes
Trade
75 of 88 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#5
Work / Employment
61 of 75 votes

Recent voting overlap

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