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Matt Bishop vs Sammy Wilson

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


Voting alignment

Matt Bishop and Sammy Wilson voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 185 shared comparable votes.

13 same votes 172 different votes 185 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
1 Aye 5 No
Benefits 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
9 Aye 0 No
Work / Employment 11% aligned 9 shared votes
1 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 12 No
Defence 10% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 19 No
Tax 0% aligned 51 shared votes
19 Aye 32 No
9 Aye 4 No
Energy 0% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 2 No
Education 0% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 2 No
Transport 0% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 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

52.9%
20% below average
Rank 615 of 649
Participation
62.0%
11% below average
Rank 558 of 649
312
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,472
2,376 eligible divisions
145
46.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
732
49.7% of votes cast
167
53.5% of votes cast
No votes
740
50.3% of votes cast
1
0.3% 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

32
-50.3 vs Commons average
Rank 543 of 649
Appearances
110
+27.7 vs Commons average
Rank 136 of 649
43
-100.5 vs Commons average
Rank 531 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

£157,583
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,714,557
all imported IPSA years
£157,583
30% below average
Latest expenses
£250,082
11% above average
6
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

Tax
77 of 112 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
195 of 211 votes
Energy
13 of 20 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 14 votes
#3
Trade
70 of 91 votes
Digital / Online Safety
7 of 11 votes
#4
Defence
50 of 71 votes
NHS / Health
7 of 11 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