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Pete Wishart vs John McDonnell

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


Voting alignment

Pete Wishart and John McDonnell voted the same way 92% of the time, based on 1,048 shared comparable votes.

967 same votes 81 different votes 1,048 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
8 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 10 shared votes
8 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
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
36 Aye 97 No
Migration 99% aligned 133 shared votes
37 Aye 96 No
Most different by topic
100 Aye 55 No
Tax 75% aligned 155 shared votes
109 Aye 46 No
15 Aye 12 No
Energy 78% aligned 27 shared votes
17 Aye 10 No
22 Aye 15 No
Digital / Online Safety 86% aligned 37 shared votes
25 Aye 12 No
21 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 89% aligned 44 shared votes
22 Aye 22 No
20 Aye 13 No
Transport 91% aligned 33 shared votes
19 Aye 14 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

54.7 %
18 % below average
Rank 606 of 647
Participation
78.9 %
6 % above average
Rank 226 of 647
1,276
2,333 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,840
2,333 eligible divisions
709
55.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,005
54.6 % of votes cast
567
44.4 % of votes cast
No votes
835
45.4 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
22
1.2 % of votes cast
25 years, 0 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

67
0.0 vs Commons average
Rank 233 of 649
Appearances
91
+24.0 vs Commons average
Rank 134 of 649
77
-42.1 vs Commons average
Rank 345 of 649
Contributions
124
+4.9 vs Commons average
Rank 188 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
£2,684,777
all imported IPSA years
£294,385
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£269,647
19 % above average
5
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Migration
145 of 169 votes
#2
Work / Employment
68 of 75 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#3
Migration
151 of 169 votes
Trade
75 of 88 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#5
Benefits
71 of 81 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API