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Sammy Wilson vs Bob Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Sammy Wilson and Bob Blackman voted the same way 80% of the time, based on 1,353 shared comparable votes.

1,084 same votes 269 different votes 1,353 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
16 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
16 Aye 16 No
0 Aye 3 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
11 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 93% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No
19 Aye 22 No
Energy 93% aligned 41 shared votes
18 Aye 23 No
72 Aye 123 No
Brexit / EU 91% aligned 195 shared votes
74 Aye 121 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 59% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
13 Aye 22 No
Benefits 60% aligned 35 shared votes
11 Aye 24 No
57 Aye 32 No
Migration 61% aligned 89 shared votes
68 Aye 21 No
16 Aye 11 No
Environment / Climate 63% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No
28 Aye 18 No
Defence 63% aligned 46 shared votes
23 Aye 23 No

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

Voting record

61.8 %
11 % below average
Rank 560 of 650
Participation
87.9 %
15 % above average
Rank 50 of 650
1,452
2,349 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,065
2,349 eligible divisions
721
49.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
971
47.0 % of votes cast
731
50.3 % of votes cast
No votes
1,094
53.0 % of votes cast
11
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
21 years, 1 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

102
+31.3 vs Commons average
Rank 114 of 650
Appearances
137
+66.3 vs Commons average
Rank 54 of 650
140
+14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 175 of 650
Contributions
163
+37.5 vs Commons average
Rank 147 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
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£250,082
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
10
6 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
211 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
Trade
68 of 89 votes
#3
Trade
85 of 89 votes
Defence
50 of 70 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 70 votes
Energy
47 of 70 votes
#5
Migration
155 of 169 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API