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Pete Wishart vs Blair McDougall

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


Voting alignment

Pete Wishart and Blair McDougall voted the same way 39% of the time, based on 118 shared comparable votes.

46 same votes 72 different votes 118 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
13 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 74% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 73% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
2 Aye 5 No
Migration 57% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 1 No
Transport 43% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
8 Aye 6 No
Benefits 36% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 0 No
Trade 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
18 Aye 20 No
Tax 16% aligned 38 shared votes
26 Aye 12 No
5 Aye 4 No
Energy 22% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
8 Aye 6 No
Benefits 36% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 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
72.4%
same as average
Rank 372 of 649
1,289
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
427
590 eligible divisions
716
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
217
50.8% of votes cast
573
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
210
49.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
14
3.3% of votes cast
25 years, 4 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

101
+17.4 vs Commons average
Rank 165 of 650
Appearances
52
-31.6 vs Commons average
Rank 437 of 650
121
-24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 271 of 650
Contributions
307
+161.3 vs Commons average
Rank 58 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
£186,207
all imported IPSA years
£294,385
30% above average
Latest expenses
£186,207
18% below average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
1 registered category
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

Brexit / EU
195 of 211 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Migration
147 of 171 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#3
Work / Employment
34 of 39 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#4
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#5
Transport
24 of 29 votes

Recent voting overlap

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