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Pete Wishart vs Dr Scott Arthur

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


Voting alignment

Pete Wishart and Dr Scott Arthur voted the same way 37% of the time, based on 127 shared comparable votes.

47 same votes 80 different votes 127 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
10 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 85% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 67% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 63% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 1 No
Transport 50% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 0 No
Trade 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
19 Aye 18 No
Tax 16% aligned 37 shared votes
24 Aye 13 No
4 Aye 4 No
Energy 25% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
11 Aye 6 No
Benefits 29% aligned 17 shared votes
5 Aye 12 No
4 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 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
82.2%
10% above average
Rank 154 of 649
1,289
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
485
590 eligible divisions
716
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
237
48.9% of votes cast
573
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
248
51.1% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
12
2.5% 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
182
+98.4 vs Commons average
Rank 30 of 650
121
-24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 271 of 650
Contributions
286
+140.3 vs Commons average
Rank 67 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
£173,383
all imported IPSA years
£294,385
30% above average
Latest expenses
£173,383
23% below average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 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
11 of 11 votes
Migration
147 of 171 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#3
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#4
Defence
31 of 34 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 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