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Andrew Western vs Sammy Wilson

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


Voting alignment

Andrew Western and Sammy Wilson voted the same way 15% of the time, based on 368 shared comparable votes.

54 same votes 314 different votes 368 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
10 Aye 6 No
Housing 50% aligned 16 shared votes
12 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 0 No
Trade 33% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 3 No
Foreign Affairs 33% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 16 No
Migration 30% aligned 23 shared votes
17 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 19 No
Devolution / Local Government 29% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
6 Aye 16 No
8 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 3 No
Transport 0% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
41 Aye 27 No
Tax 3% aligned 68 shared votes
27 Aye 41 No
15 Aye 8 No
Energy 9% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

72.9%
same as average
Rank 361 of 649
Participation
61.9%
11% below average
Rank 561 of 649
702
963 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,464
2,366 eligible divisions
345
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
726
49.6% of votes cast
357
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
738
50.4% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
11
0.8% of votes cast
3 years, 8 months
Since 15 Dec 2022
Commons service
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

45
-33.7 vs Commons average
Rank 456 of 649
Appearances
102
+23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 150 of 649
298
+160.9 vs Commons average
Rank 55 of 649
Contributions
147
+9.9 vs Commons average
Rank 195 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£577,200
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,714,557
all imported IPSA years
£255,721
13% above average
Latest expenses
£250,082
11% above average
8
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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

Democracy / Parliament
17 of 17 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
195 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
6 of 6 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#3
Trade
70 of 91 votes
Benefits
31 of 35 votes
#4
Defence
50 of 71 votes
Education
50 of 58 votes
#5
Energy
47 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