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Mr Douglas Alexander vs Sammy Wilson

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


Voting alignment

Mr Douglas Alexander and Sammy Wilson voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 171 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 163 different votes 171 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
2 Aye 2 No
Crime / Justice 25% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
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
5 Aye 10 No
Defence 7% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
16 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 5% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 16 No
Tax 0% aligned 50 shared votes
16 Aye 34 No
5 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 1 No
Energy 0% aligned 8 shared votes
1 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 3 No
Transport 0% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

46.9%
26% below average
Rank 625 of 649
Participation
62.0%
11% below average
Rank 558 of 649
277
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,472
2,376 eligible divisions
121
43.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
732
49.7% of votes cast
156
56.3% 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, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

51
-32.6 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 650
Appearances
111
+27.4 vs Commons average
Rank 137 of 650
224
+78.3 vs Commons average
Rank 113 of 650
Contributions
160
+14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 188 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£792,708
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,714,557
all imported IPSA years
£91,911
59% below average
Latest expenses
£250,082
11% above average
4
2 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

Trade
6 of 7 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
195 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
25 of 39 votes
#3
Trade
70 of 91 votes
Defence
20 of 34 votes
#4
Defence
50 of 71 votes
Tax
63 of 112 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