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Pete Wishart vs Gareth Thomas

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


Voting alignment

Pete Wishart and Gareth Thomas voted the same way 91% of the time, based on 953 shared comparable votes.

871 same votes 82 different votes 953 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
29 Aye 32 No
Trade 100% aligned 61 shared votes
29 Aye 32 No
18 Aye 14 No
Defence 100% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 No
7 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 1 No
Housing 100% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 8 No
Energy 62% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
28 Aye 17 No
Benefits 76% aligned 45 shared votes
23 Aye 22 No
92 Aye 46 No
Tax 77% aligned 138 shared votes
96 Aye 42 No
24 Aye 12 No
Transport 86% aligned 36 shared votes
21 Aye 15 No
17 Aye 12 No
Digital / Online Safety 90% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 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
66.5%
6% below average
Rank 485 of 650
1,293
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,600
2,406 eligible divisions
719
55.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
901
56.3% of votes cast
574
44.4% of votes cast
No votes
699
43.7% 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
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

116
+25.0 vs Commons average
Rank 146 of 650
Appearances
49
-42.0 vs Commons average
Rank 481 of 650
144
-14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 242 of 650
Contributions
53
-105.5 vs Commons average
Rank 518 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
£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
£294,385
30% above average
Latest expenses
£293,113
30% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
14
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
180 of 212 votes
Migration
147 of 171 votes
#2
Defence
59 of 71 votes
Trade
78 of 94 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
61 of 82 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#5
NHS / Health
41 of 56 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