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Pete Wishart vs Liam Byrne

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


Voting alignment

Pete Wishart and Liam Byrne voted the same way 91% of the time, based on 925 shared comparable votes.

838 same votes 87 different votes 925 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
35 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 50 shared votes
35 Aye 15 No
20 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 32 shared votes
20 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 9 shared votes
8 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
98 Aye 66 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 164 shared votes
101 Aye 63 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 10 No
Energy 56% aligned 25 shared votes
16 Aye 9 No
23 Aye 15 No
Benefits 71% aligned 38 shared votes
18 Aye 20 No
83 Aye 44 No
Tax 77% aligned 127 shared votes
90 Aye 37 No
22 Aye 12 No
Digital / Online Safety 88% aligned 34 shared votes
22 Aye 12 No
23 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 89% aligned 44 shared votes
24 Aye 20 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
66.1%
6% below average
Rank 497 of 650
1,293
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,590
2,406 eligible divisions
719
55.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
879
55.3% of votes cast
574
44.4% of votes cast
No votes
711
44.7% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
25 years, 4 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
22 years, 3 months
Since 15 Jul 2004

Debates

116
+25.0 vs Commons average
Rank 146 of 650
Appearances
54
-37.0 vs Commons average
Rank 455 of 650
144
-14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 242 of 650
Contributions
71
-87.5 vs Commons average
Rank 467 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
£3,073,714
all imported IPSA years
£294,385
30% above average
Latest expenses
£280,258
24% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 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 212 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
72 of 82 votes
Migration
147 of 171 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
Trade
78 of 94 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
176 of 212 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#4
Work / Employment
65 of 80 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#5
Migration
133 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API