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Pete Wishart vs Catherine West

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


Voting alignment

Pete Wishart and Catherine West voted the same way 93% of the time, based on 1,009 shared comparable votes.

934 same votes 75 different votes 1,009 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
101 Aye 71 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 172 shared votes
101 Aye 71 No
29 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 48 shared votes
29 Aye 19 No
11 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
6 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
93 Aye 44 No
Tax 79% aligned 137 shared votes
90 Aye 47 No
16 Aye 9 No
Energy 80% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
28 Aye 18 No
Benefits 80% aligned 46 shared votes
25 Aye 21 No
17 Aye 13 No
Digital / Online Safety 83% aligned 30 shared votes
18 Aye 12 No
23 Aye 11 No
Transport 85% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

53.8%
19% below average
Rank 610 of 650
Participation
73.8%
1% above average
Rank 334 of 650
1,293
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,775
2,405 eligible divisions
719
55.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
958
54.0% of votes cast
574
44.4% of votes cast
No votes
817
46.0% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.5% of votes cast
25 years, 4 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

113
+23.0 vs Commons average
Rank 152 of 650
Appearances
53
-37.0 vs Commons average
Rank 463 of 650
141
-15.6 vs Commons average
Rank 243 of 650
Contributions
64
-92.6 vs Commons average
Rank 485 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
£2,012,777
all imported IPSA years
£294,385
30% above average
Latest expenses
£264,778
17% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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
Education
86 of 96 votes
Migration
147 of 171 votes
#2
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Trade
78 of 94 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
187 of 212 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 49 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
70 of 82 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