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David Smith vs Sammy Wilson

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


Voting alignment

David Smith and Sammy Wilson voted the same way 13% of the time, based on 224 shared comparable votes.

30 same votes 194 different votes 224 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 5 No
Housing 53% aligned 15 shared votes
11 Aye 4 No
15 Aye 6 No
Crime / Justice 14% aligned 21 shared votes
7 Aye 14 No
3 Aye 5 No
Benefits 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 12 No
Defence 11% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
21 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 4% aligned 24 shared votes
4 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 20 No
Tax 0% aligned 42 shared votes
20 Aye 22 No
8 Aye 5 No
Energy 0% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 3 No
Transport 0% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

69.5%
3% below average
Rank 438 of 649
Participation
61.9%
11% below average
Rank 558 of 649
408
587 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,470
2,373 eligible divisions
202
49.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
732
49.8% of votes cast
206
50.5% of votes cast
No votes
738
50.2% of votes cast
14
3.4% of votes cast
Against party
11
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

73
-7.7 vs Commons average
Rank 296 of 649
Appearances
106
+25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 145 of 649
98
-42.6 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 649
Contributions
149
+8.4 vs Commons average
Rank 195 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£182,965
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,714,557
all imported IPSA years
£182,965
19% below average
Latest expenses
£250,082
11% above average
5
2 registered categories
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

#1
Brexit / EU
195 of 211 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Trade
70 of 91 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
#4
Defence
50 of 71 votes
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 11 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