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Pete Wishart vs Emily Thornberry

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


Voting alignment

Pete Wishart and Emily Thornberry voted the same way 93% of the time, based on 868 shared comparable votes.

805 same votes 63 different votes 868 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
16 Aye 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 31 shared votes
16 Aye 15 No
8 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 3 No
Education 100% aligned 13 shared votes
10 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 9 No
Energy 68% aligned 25 shared votes
14 Aye 11 No
88 Aye 40 No
Tax 79% aligned 128 shared votes
87 Aye 41 No
22 Aye 12 No
Transport 85% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No
18 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 91% aligned 35 shared votes
21 Aye 14 No
21 Aye 12 No
Benefits 94% aligned 33 shared votes
21 Aye 12 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
61.5%
11% below average
Rank 560 of 650
1,293
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,480
2,406 eligible divisions
719
55.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
824
55.7% of votes cast
574
44.4% of votes cast
No votes
656
44.3% 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
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

113
+23.0 vs Commons average
Rank 152 of 650
Appearances
81
-9.0 vs Commons average
Rank 297 of 650
141
-15.6 vs Commons average
Rank 243 of 650
Contributions
131
-25.6 vs Commons average
Rank 276 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
£2,941,443
all imported IPSA years
£294,385
30% above average
Latest expenses
£294,489
30% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Brexit / EU
168 of 212 votes
Migration
147 of 171 votes
#2
Migration
124 of 171 votes
Trade
78 of 94 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 67 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#4
Work / Employment
56 of 80 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#5
Transport
65 of 96 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