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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 89% of the time, based on 951 shared comparable votes.

851 same votes 100 different votes 951 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

53.7%
19% below average
Rank 610 of 650
Participation
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 412 of 650
1,293
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,696
2,406 eligible divisions
719
55.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
946
55.8% of votes cast
574
44.4% of votes cast
No votes
750
44.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
25 years, 4 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

117
+24.9 vs Commons average
Rank 147 of 650
Appearances
67
-25.1 vs Commons average
Rank 381 of 650
145
-15.1 vs Commons average
Rank 243 of 650
Contributions
93
-67.1 vs Commons average
Rank 400 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
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
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 212 votes
#1
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Migration
147 of 171 votes
#2
Defence
61 of 71 votes
Trade
78 of 94 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 49 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
168 of 212 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#5
Work / Employment
63 of 80 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