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Pete Wishart vs Nick Smith

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


Voting alignment

Pete Wishart and Nick Smith voted the same way 89% of the time, based on 944 shared comparable votes.

841 same votes 103 different votes 944 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
20 Aye 13 No
Defence 100% aligned 33 shared votes
20 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 10 shared votes
8 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 6 shared votes
3 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
Most different by topic
16 Aye 13 No
Energy 66% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
93 Aye 52 No
Tax 71% aligned 145 shared votes
99 Aye 46 No
26 Aye 17 No
Benefits 79% aligned 43 shared votes
23 Aye 20 No
18 Aye 11 No
Transport 79% aligned 29 shared votes
14 Aye 15 No
22 Aye 12 No
Digital / Online Safety 82% aligned 34 shared votes
24 Aye 10 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
74.8%
2% above average
Rank 316 of 650
1,293
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,799
2,406 eligible divisions
719
55.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,024
56.9% of votes cast
574
44.4% of votes cast
No votes
775
43.1% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
25 years, 4 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

117
+24.9 vs Commons average
Rank 147 of 650
Appearances
96
+3.9 vs Commons average
Rank 234 of 650
145
-15.1 vs Commons average
Rank 243 of 650
Contributions
125
-35.1 vs Commons average
Rank 305 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
£2,595,067
all imported IPSA years
£294,385
30% above average
Latest expenses
£251,492
11% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Education
89 of 96 votes
Migration
147 of 171 votes
#2
Work / Employment
71 of 80 votes
Trade
78 of 94 votes
#3
Housing
59 of 67 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
71 of 82 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
178 of 212 votes

Recent voting overlap

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