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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 952 shared comparable votes.

870 same votes 82 different votes 952 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

54.3%
18% below average
Rank 609 of 649
Participation
66.5%
6% below average
Rank 489 of 649
1,289
2,372 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,578
2,372 eligible divisions
716
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
895
56.7% of votes cast
573
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
683
43.3% 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
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

98
+17.8 vs Commons average
Rank 165 of 649
Appearances
40
-40.2 vs Commons average
Rank 498 of 649
120
-19.7 vs Commons average
Rank 255 of 649
Contributions
45
-94.7 vs Commons average
Rank 521 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
£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
£294,385
30% above average
Latest expenses
£293,113
30% above average
5
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 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
180 of 211 votes
Migration
147 of 171 votes
#2
Defence
59 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#4
Transport
70 of 95 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#5
Trade
67 of 91 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