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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 651 shared comparable votes.

575 same votes 76 different votes 651 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

53.7%
19% below average
Rank 610 of 650
Participation
79.3%
7% above average
Rank 212 of 650
1,293
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,339
1,688 eligible divisions
719
55.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
695
51.9% of votes cast
574
44.4% of votes cast
No votes
644
48.1% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
25 years, 4 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

117
+24.9 vs Commons average
Rank 147 of 650
Appearances
89
-3.1 vs Commons average
Rank 259 of 650
145
-15.1 vs Commons average
Rank 243 of 650
Contributions
85
-75.1 vs Commons average
Rank 432 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
£1,383,596
all imported IPSA years
£294,385
30% above average
Latest expenses
£322,425
43% above average
4
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 212 votes
#1
Housing
52 of 54 votes
Migration
147 of 171 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
Trade
78 of 94 votes
#3
Defence
67 of 70 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 45 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#5
Work / Employment
63 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

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