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Pete Wishart vs Matthew Pennycook

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


Voting alignment

Pete Wishart and Matthew Pennycook voted the same way 90% of the time, based on 1,087 shared comparable votes.

976 same votes 111 different votes 1,087 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
9 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 11 shared votes
9 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 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 22 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 58 shared votes
37 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 13 No
Energy 63% aligned 32 shared votes
21 Aye 11 No
29 Aye 17 No
Benefits 74% aligned 46 shared votes
23 Aye 23 No
106 Aye 53 No
Tax 75% aligned 159 shared votes
109 Aye 50 No
22 Aye 15 No
Digital / Online Safety 81% aligned 37 shared votes
25 Aye 12 No
26 Aye 14 No
Transport 85% aligned 40 shared votes
22 Aye 18 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
82.2%
10% above average
Rank 153 of 649
1,289
2,374 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,952
2,374 eligible divisions
716
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,082
55.4% of votes cast
573
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
870
44.6% 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
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

98
+17.3 vs Commons average
Rank 168 of 649
Appearances
148
+67.3 vs Commons average
Rank 65 of 649
120
-20.6 vs Commons average
Rank 258 of 649
Contributions
627
+486.4 vs Commons average
Rank 10 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
£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
£294,385
30% above average
Latest expenses
£216,649
4% below average
5
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
65 of 69 votes
Migration
147 of 171 votes
#2
Housing
63 of 67 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 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