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Sammy Wilson vs Catherine West

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

Photograph of Sammy Wilson
Sammy Wilson
DUP East Antrim
vs
Photograph of Catherine West
Catherine West
Lab Hornsey and Friern Barnet

Voting alignment

Sammy Wilson and Catherine West voted the same way 24% of the time, based on 1,105 shared comparable votes.

260 same votes 845 different votes 1,105 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
22 Aye 12 No
Defence 50% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No
52 Aye 32 No
Migration 42% aligned 84 shared votes
21 Aye 63 No
14 Aye 19 No
Benefits 39% aligned 33 shared votes
24 Aye 9 No
66 Aye 42 No
Crime / Justice 39% aligned 108 shared votes
46 Aye 62 No
15 Aye 11 No
Environment / Climate 35% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 16 No
Energy 7% aligned 30 shared votes
18 Aye 12 No
12 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 7% aligned 15 shared votes
4 Aye 11 No
10 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 7% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 4 No
Housing 7% aligned 14 shared votes
3 Aye 11 No
60 Aye 113 No
Brexit / EU 10% aligned 173 shared votes
107 Aye 66 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 649
Participation
73.4 %
1 % above average
Rank 347 of 649
1,460
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,733
2,361 eligible divisions
724
49.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
943
54.4 % of votes cast
736
50.4 % of votes cast
No votes
790
45.6 % of votes cast
11
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
8
0.5 % of votes cast
21 years, 3 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
11 years, 2 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

102
+24.0 vs Commons average
Rank 147 of 649
Appearances
43
-35.0 vs Commons average
Rank 478 of 649
147
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 184 of 649
Contributions
51
-87.5 vs Commons average
Rank 494 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
£2,012,777
all imported IPSA years
£250,082
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£264,778
17 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
1
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
195 of 211 votes
#1
Education
86 of 96 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Trade
70 of 91 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
Defence
50 of 71 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Energy
47 of 70 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026 22 Apr 2026
Cost of Living Energy
Aye
No
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 2 27 Jan 2026
No
Aye
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 2026
Aye
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 6 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 10 Jun 2025
Housing
No
Aye
Armed Forces Commissioner Bill: Government amendment (a) in lieu of Lords Amendments 2 and 3 3 Jun 2025
Defence
Aye
No
King's Speech (Motion for an Address): Amendment (k) 23 Jul 2024
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
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