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Pete Wishart vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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


Voting alignment

Pete Wishart and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,170 shared comparable votes.

64 same votes 1,106 different votes 1,170 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
106 Aye 62 No
Tax 20% aligned 168 shared votes
57 Aye 111 No
15 Aye 18 No
Energy 15% aligned 33 shared votes
15 Aye 18 No
26 Aye 16 No
Digital / Online Safety 7% aligned 42 shared votes
13 Aye 29 No
16 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 7% aligned 42 shared votes
25 Aye 17 No
22 Aye 12 No
Transport 6% aligned 34 shared votes
12 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 97 No
Migration 0% aligned 134 shared votes
97 Aye 37 No
14 Aye 16 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
9 Aye 3 No
Education 0% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 1 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

54.9 %
18 % below average
Rank 607 of 647
Participation
88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 45 of 647
1,276
2,323 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,062
2,323 eligible divisions
709
55.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
951
46.1 % of votes cast
567
44.4 % of votes cast
No votes
1,111
53.9 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
25 years, 0 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

65
+1.3 vs Commons average
Rank 221 of 647
Appearances
117
+53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 59 of 647
74
-39.8 vs Commons average
Rank 342 of 647
Contributions
125
+11.2 vs Commons average
Rank 174 of 647

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,971,117
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£294,385
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
43 % below average
5
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 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
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Migration
145 of 169 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 88 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Trade
75 of 88 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#5
Defence
56 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

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