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Pete Wishart vs Valerie Vaz

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


Voting alignment

Pete Wishart and Valerie Vaz voted the same way 91% of the time, based on 1,035 shared comparable votes.

940 same votes 95 different votes 1,035 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 15 No
Defence 100% aligned 35 shared votes
20 Aye 15 No
11 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
8 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 10 shared votes
8 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 100% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 1 No
Housing 100% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 12 No
Energy 63% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
101 Aye 54 No
Tax 73% aligned 155 shared votes
107 Aye 48 No
22 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 81% aligned 31 shared votes
24 Aye 7 No
25 Aye 14 No
Transport 85% aligned 39 shared votes
21 Aye 18 No
21 Aye 12 No
Benefits 88% aligned 33 shared votes
17 Aye 16 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
76.6%
4% above average
Rank 272 of 650
1,293
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,843
2,406 eligible divisions
719
55.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,035
56.2% of votes cast
574
44.4% of votes cast
No votes
808
43.8% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.7% of votes cast
25 years, 4 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

116
+25.0 vs Commons average
Rank 146 of 650
Appearances
32
-59.0 vs Commons average
Rank 568 of 650
144
-14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 242 of 650
Contributions
14
-144.5 vs Commons average
Rank 619 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
£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
£294,385
30% above average
Latest expenses
£218,663
3% below 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
Education
91 of 96 votes
Migration
147 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
Trade
78 of 94 votes
#3
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
182 of 212 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#5
Transport
81 of 96 votes

Recent voting overlap

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