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Pete Wishart vs Michael Shanks

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


Voting alignment

Pete Wishart and Michael Shanks voted the same way 65% of the time, based on 196 shared comparable votes.

128 same votes 68 different votes 196 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
2 Aye 2 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 26 No
Migration 97% aligned 31 shared votes
6 Aye 25 No
11 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 89% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 83% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
13 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 77% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 5 No
Benefits 29% aligned 17 shared votes
6 Aye 11 No
5 Aye 5 No
Energy 30% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
24 Aye 17 No
Tax 34% aligned 41 shared votes
31 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 1 No
Transport 57% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
8 Aye 1 No
Trade 67% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 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
64.4%
8% below average
Rank 525 of 649
1,289
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
501
778 eligible divisions
716
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
236
47.1% of votes cast
573
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
265
52.9% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
5
1.0% of votes cast
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
2 years, 11 months
Since 5 Oct 2023

Debates

99
+16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 165 of 649
Appearances
99
+16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 649
121
-22.5 vs Commons average
Rank 264 of 649
Contributions
407
+263.5 vs Commons average
Rank 34 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
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£294,385
30% above average
Latest expenses
£272,859
21% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
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
Trade
13 of 14 votes
Migration
147 of 171 votes
#2
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#3
Work / Employment
38 of 45 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#5
Energy
20 of 26 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