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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 864 shared comparable votes.

801 same votes 63 different votes 864 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
15 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 91% aligned 32 shared votes
18 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

54.4%
17% below average
Rank 597 of 649
Participation
62.0%
10% below average
Rank 545 of 649
1,289
2,368 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,468
2,368 eligible divisions
716
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
814
55.4% of votes cast
573
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
654
44.6% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

97
+17.4 vs Commons average
Rank 167 of 649
Appearances
76
-3.6 vs Commons average
Rank 275 of 649
119
-19.7 vs Commons average
Rank 253 of 649
Contributions
128
-10.7 vs Commons average
Rank 232 of 649

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
5
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 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
167 of 211 votes
Migration
147 of 171 votes
#2
Housing
48 of 66 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#3
Migration
124 of 171 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
49 of 69 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#5
Work / Employment
53 of 77 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