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Blake Stephenson vs Sammy Wilson

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


Voting alignment

Blake Stephenson and Sammy Wilson voted the same way 96% of the time, based on 260 shared comparable votes.

249 same votes 11 different votes 260 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
28 Aye 44 No
Tax 100% aligned 72 shared votes
28 Aye 44 No
5 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
6 Aye 9 No
Energy 100% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 5 No
Transport 100% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 5 No
Benefits 100% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 10 No
Housing 50% aligned 14 shared votes
11 Aye 3 No
13 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 94% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
11 Aye 10 No
Defence 95% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
3 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 96% aligned 23 shared votes
4 Aye 19 No
28 Aye 44 No
Tax 100% aligned 72 shared votes
28 Aye 44 No

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

Voting record

71.4%
1% below average
Rank 397 of 649
Participation
62.0%
11% below average
Rank 558 of 649
421
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,472
2,376 eligible divisions
191
45.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
732
49.7% of votes cast
230
54.6% of votes cast
No votes
740
50.3% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
11
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

85
+1.3 vs Commons average
Rank 241 of 649
Appearances
111
+27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 137 of 649
165
+19.1 vs Commons average
Rank 177 of 649
Contributions
160
+14.1 vs Commons average
Rank 188 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£203,629
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,714,557
all imported IPSA years
£203,629
10% below average
Latest expenses
£250,082
11% above average
6
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
195 of 211 votes
Defence
28 of 34 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Crime / Justice
51 of 62 votes
#3
Trade
70 of 91 votes
Tax
92 of 112 votes
#4
Defence
50 of 71 votes
Work / Employment
31 of 39 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