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Sammy Wilson vs Apsana Begum

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


Voting alignment

Sammy Wilson and Apsana Begum voted the same way 33% of the time, based on 676 shared comparable votes.

224 same votes 452 different votes 676 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
14 Aye 13 No
Benefits 56% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 4 No
Housing 53% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No
55 Aye 34 No
Crime / Justice 45% aligned 89 shared votes
38 Aye 51 No
14 Aye 13 No
Transport 44% aligned 27 shared votes
7 Aye 20 No
41 Aye 21 No
Migration 44% aligned 62 shared votes
18 Aye 44 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 6% aligned 17 shared votes
6 Aye 11 No
2 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 10% aligned 10 shared votes
9 Aye 1 No
10 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 11% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 17 No
Energy 11% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
50 Aye 62 No
Tax 17% aligned 112 shared votes
73 Aye 39 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
69.5%
3% below average
Rank 441 of 649
1,472
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,152
1,658 eligible divisions
732
49.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
52.1% of votes cast
740
50.3% of votes cast
No votes
552
47.9% of votes cast
11
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
24
2.1% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

111
+27.4 vs Commons average
Rank 137 of 650
Appearances
86
+2.4 vs Commons average
Rank 233 of 650
160
+14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 188 of 650
Contributions
95
-50.7 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,714,557
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,215,832
all imported IPSA years
£250,082
11% above average
Latest expenses
£255,110
13% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
Benefits
57 of 68 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Work / Employment
56 of 67 votes
Trade
70 of 91 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
Defence
50 of 71 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
36 of 44 votes
Energy
47 of 70 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API