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Richard Burgon vs Sammy Wilson

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

Photograph of Richard Burgon
Richard Burgon
Lab Leeds East
vs
Photograph of Sammy Wilson
Sammy Wilson
DUP East Antrim

Voting alignment

Richard Burgon and Sammy Wilson voted the same way 25% of the time, based on 1,244 shared comparable votes.

306 same votes 938 different votes 1,244 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
24 Aye 13 No
Benefits 43% aligned 37 shared votes
17 Aye 20 No
22 Aye 63 No
Migration 42% aligned 85 shared votes
53 Aye 32 No
22 Aye 27 No
Defence 37% aligned 49 shared votes
31 Aye 18 No
9 Aye 14 No
Housing 35% aligned 23 shared votes
20 Aye 3 No
16 Aye 10 No
Environment / Climate 35% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 6% aligned 36 shared votes
16 Aye 20 No
24 Aye 16 No
Energy 8% aligned 40 shared votes
19 Aye 21 No
6 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No
105 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 12% aligned 169 shared votes
61 Aye 108 No
109 Aye 61 No
Tax 15% aligned 170 shared votes
75 Aye 95 No

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

Voting record

80.1%
7% above average
Rank 194 of 649
Participation
62.0%
11% below average
Rank 558 of 649
1,903
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,472
2,376 eligible divisions
1,042
54.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
732
49.7% of votes cast
861
45.2% of votes cast
No votes
740
50.3% of votes cast
45
2.4% of votes cast
Against party
11
0.7% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

85
+1.4 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 650
Appearances
111
+27.4 vs Commons average
Rank 137 of 650
97
-48.7 vs Commons average
Rank 345 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

£2,305,544
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,714,557
all imported IPSA years
£301,574
33% above average
Latest expenses
£250,082
11% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
8
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

Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
195 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
72 of 77 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
Trade
70 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
#4
Defence
50 of 71 votes
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
#5
Energy
47 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026 22 Apr 2026
Cost of Living Energy
Aye
No
Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Education
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
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