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Pete Wishart vs Paula Barker

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


Voting alignment

Pete Wishart and Paula Barker voted the same way 88% of the time, based on 647 shared comparable votes.

571 same votes 76 different votes 647 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
18 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 42 shared votes
18 Aye 24 No
19 Aye 11 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 0 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 5 No
Energy 50% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No
57 Aye 30 No
Tax 64% aligned 87 shared votes
62 Aye 25 No
13 Aye 7 No
Transport 70% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No
15 Aye 10 No
Digital / Online Safety 76% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 0 No
Education 80% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 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
79.1%
6% above average
Rank 222 of 649
1,289
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,311
1,658 eligible divisions
716
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
683
52.1% of votes cast
573
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
628
47.9% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

99
+17.3 vs Commons average
Rank 171 of 649
Appearances
78
-3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 275 of 649
121
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 261 of 649
Contributions
82
-60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 390 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
£1,383,596
all imported IPSA years
£294,385
30% above average
Latest expenses
£322,425
43% above average
5
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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 211 votes
#1
Housing
52 of 54 votes
Migration
147 of 171 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#3
Defence
67 of 70 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#5
Work / Employment
60 of 67 votes

Recent voting overlap

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