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Sammy Wilson vs Alex Burghart

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


Voting alignment

Sammy Wilson and Alex Burghart voted the same way 78% of the time, based on 1,195 shared comparable votes.

927 same votes 268 different votes 1,195 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
0 Aye 3 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
15 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 96% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
15 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 95% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No
16 Aye 21 No
Energy 95% aligned 37 shared votes
16 Aye 21 No
7 Aye 17 No
Education 92% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 19 No
Benefits 56% aligned 34 shared votes
14 Aye 20 No
55 Aye 34 No
Migration 58% aligned 89 shared votes
64 Aye 25 No
15 Aye 11 No
Environment / Climate 62% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
61 Aye 52 No
Crime / Justice 64% aligned 113 shared votes
58 Aye 55 No
27 Aye 18 No
Defence 64% aligned 45 shared votes
23 Aye 22 No

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

Voting record

62.0%
11% below average
Rank 558 of 649
Participation
85.1%
12% above average
Rank 90 of 649
1,472
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,805
2,121 eligible divisions
732
49.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
870
48.2% of votes cast
740
50.3% of votes cast
No votes
935
51.8% of votes cast
11
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

110
+27.7 vs Commons average
Rank 136 of 649
Appearances
80
-2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 261 of 649
157
+13.5 vs Commons average
Rank 187 of 649
Contributions
132
-11.5 vs Commons average
Rank 230 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,714,557
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,112,100
all imported IPSA years
£250,082
11% above average
Latest expenses
£203,620
10% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
195 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
188 of 188 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Trade
83 of 87 votes
Trade
70 of 91 votes
#3
Migration
154 of 163 votes
Defence
50 of 71 votes
#4
Energy
47 of 70 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

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