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Pete Wishart vs Torsten Bell

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


Voting alignment

Pete Wishart and Torsten Bell voted the same way 39% of the time, based on 119 shared comparable votes.

46 same votes 73 different votes 119 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
12 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 82% aligned 17 shared votes
15 Aye 2 No
7 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 73% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
1 Aye 6 No
Migration 57% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 1 No
Transport 43% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
12 Aye 6 No
Benefits 33% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 0 No
Trade 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
20 Aye 19 No
Tax 15% aligned 39 shared votes
25 Aye 14 No
7 Aye 3 No
Energy 20% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
12 Aye 6 No
Benefits 33% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 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
71.7%
1% below average
Rank 387 of 649
1,289
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
423
590 eligible divisions
716
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
229
54.1% of votes cast
573
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
194
45.9% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
25 years, 4 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

101
+17.4 vs Commons average
Rank 165 of 650
Appearances
66
-17.6 vs Commons average
Rank 343 of 650
121
-24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 271 of 650
Contributions
188
+42.3 vs Commons average
Rank 149 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
£152,220
all imported IPSA years
£294,385
30% above average
Latest expenses
£152,220
33% below average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
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
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Migration
147 of 171 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#3
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#4
Energy
18 of 20 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#5
Trade
6 of 7 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