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Matt Western vs Sammy Wilson

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


Voting alignment

Matt Western and Sammy Wilson voted the same way 22% of the time, based on 1,008 shared comparable votes.

226 same votes 782 different votes 1,008 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
9 Aye 4 No
Housing 46% aligned 13 shared votes
10 Aye 3 No
18 Aye 23 No
Defence 44% aligned 41 shared votes
27 Aye 14 No
17 Aye 11 No
Benefits 43% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
20 Aye 60 No
Migration 43% aligned 80 shared votes
50 Aye 30 No
15 Aye 8 No
Environment / Climate 39% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
23 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 6% aligned 35 shared votes
14 Aye 21 No
20 Aye 7 No
Energy 7% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No
18 Aye 5 No
Education 9% aligned 23 shared votes
7 Aye 16 No
89 Aye 58 No
Brexit / EU 10% aligned 147 shared votes
52 Aye 95 No

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

Voting record

74.1%
1% above average
Rank 331 of 649
Participation
62.0%
11% below average
Rank 558 of 649
1,571
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,472
2,376 eligible divisions
877
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
732
49.7% of votes cast
694
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
740
50.3% of votes cast
4
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
11
0.7% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

93
+8.2 vs Commons average
Rank 204 of 650
Appearances
111
+26.2 vs Commons average
Rank 139 of 650
109
-38.7 vs Commons average
Rank 318 of 650
Contributions
160
+12.3 vs Commons average
Rank 191 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,940,185
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,714,557
all imported IPSA years
£312,296
38% above average
Latest expenses
£250,082
11% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
3
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
66 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
195 of 211 votes
Migration
147 of 163 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#3
Trade
70 of 91 votes
Brexit / EU
165 of 188 votes
#4
Defence
50 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 46 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