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Paul Holmes vs Sammy Wilson

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


Voting alignment

Paul Holmes and Sammy Wilson voted the same way 70% of the time, based on 821 shared comparable votes.

576 same votes 245 different votes 821 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
7 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 96% aligned 25 shared votes
8 Aye 17 No
15 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 95% aligned 22 shared votes
16 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 17 No
Energy 89% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
44 Aye 76 No
Tax 83% aligned 120 shared votes
56 Aye 64 No
9 Aye 8 No
Housing 82% aligned 17 shared votes
12 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 15 No
Benefits 50% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 56% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
59 Aye 18 No
Migration 57% aligned 77 shared votes
46 Aye 31 No
9 Aye 15 No
Environment / Climate 58% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
19 Aye 22 No
Defence 59% aligned 41 shared votes
24 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

85.0%
12% above average
Rank 93 of 649
Participation
62.0%
11% below average
Rank 558 of 649
1,410
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,472
2,376 eligible divisions
702
49.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
732
49.7% of votes cast
708
50.2% of votes cast
No votes
740
50.3% of votes cast
5
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
11
0.7% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

112
+29.7 vs Commons average
Rank 129 of 649
Appearances
110
+27.7 vs Commons average
Rank 136 of 649
385
+241.5 vs Commons average
Rank 39 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

£1,091,272
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,714,557
all imported IPSA years
£234,722
4% 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

Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
195 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#3
Trade
70 of 91 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#4
Defence
50 of 71 votes
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 44 votes
#5
Energy
47 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

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