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Pete Wishart vs Laura Kyrke-Smith

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


Voting alignment

Pete Wishart and Laura Kyrke-Smith voted the same way 39% of the time, based on 132 shared comparable votes.

52 same votes 80 different votes 132 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
15 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 85% aligned 20 shared votes
18 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 71% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 8 No
Migration 60% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
11 Aye 6 No
Benefits 35% aligned 17 shared votes
6 Aye 11 No
4 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 20 No
Tax 15% aligned 40 shared votes
26 Aye 14 No
3 Aye 1 No
Transport 25% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 3 No
Energy 29% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 2 No
Defence 33% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 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
87.8%
15% above average
Rank 47 of 649
1,289
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
518
590 eligible divisions
716
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
258
49.8% of votes cast
573
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
260
50.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
25 years, 4 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

101
+17.4 vs Commons average
Rank 165 of 650
Appearances
99
+15.4 vs Commons average
Rank 172 of 650
121
-24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 271 of 650
Contributions
118
-27.7 vs Commons average
Rank 282 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
£198,951
all imported IPSA years
£294,385
30% above average
Latest expenses
£198,951
12% below average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Migration
147 of 171 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#5
Defence
33 of 34 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