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Joe Powell vs Sammy Wilson

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


Voting alignment

Joe Powell and Sammy Wilson voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 248 shared comparable votes.

14 same votes 234 different votes 248 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
1 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 25% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 6 No
Housing 22% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
10 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
11 Aye 16 No
Defence 7% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
10 Aye 7 No
Energy 6% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 3 No
Education 0% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 5 No
Transport 0% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 1 No
Benefits 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

75.3%
3% above average
Rank 304 of 649
Participation
62.0%
11% below average
Rank 558 of 649
444
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,472
2,376 eligible divisions
208
46.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
732
49.7% of votes cast
236
53.2% of votes cast
No votes
740
50.3% of votes cast
0
0.0% 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

91
+8.7 vs Commons average
Rank 204 of 649
Appearances
110
+27.7 vs Commons average
Rank 136 of 649
120
-23.5 vs Commons average
Rank 266 of 649
Contributions
157
+13.5 vs Commons average
Rank 187 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£214,410
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,714,557
all imported IPSA years
£214,410
5% below average
Latest expenses
£250,082
11% above average
6
4 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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
195 of 211 votes
Defence
33 of 34 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Migration
12 of 13 votes
#3
Trade
70 of 91 votes
Energy
18 of 20 votes
#4
Defence
50 of 71 votes
Work / Employment
35 of 39 votes
#5
Energy
47 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API