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Sarah Smith vs Pete Wishart

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Smith and Pete Wishart voted the same way 37% of the time, based on 103 shared comparable votes.

38 same votes 65 different votes 103 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
13 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 79% aligned 14 shared votes
10 Aye 4 No
1 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 75% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 0 No
Transport 75% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 6 No
Migration 63% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 9 No
Benefits 31% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
0 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
26 Aye 13 No
Tax 15% aligned 39 shared votes
19 Aye 20 No
6 Aye 2 No
Energy 25% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 9 No
Benefits 31% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 6 No
Migration 63% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No

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

Voting record

62.4%
10% below average
Rank 551 of 649
Participation
54.3%
18% below average
Rank 609 of 649
368
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,289
2,376 eligible divisions
194
52.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
716
55.5% of votes cast
174
47.3% of votes cast
No votes
573
44.5% of votes cast
14
3.8% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
25 years, 4 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

64
-19.6 vs Commons average
Rank 350 of 650
Appearances
101
+17.4 vs Commons average
Rank 165 of 650
83
-62.7 vs Commons average
Rank 393 of 650
Contributions
121
-24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 271 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£195,060
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,971,117
all imported IPSA years
£195,060
14% below average
Latest expenses
£294,385
30% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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

Trade
6 of 7 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
195 of 211 votes
Migration
10 of 13 votes
#2
Migration
147 of 171 votes
Defence
25 of 34 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Benefits
22 of 30 votes
#4
Trade
75 of 91 votes
Education
36 of 50 votes
#5
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API