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Sammy Wilson vs Chris Coghlan

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


Voting alignment

Sammy Wilson and Chris Coghlan voted the same way 78% of the time, based on 188 shared comparable votes.

146 same votes 42 different votes 188 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
3 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 0 No
Trade 100% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 1 No
Transport 100% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
26 Aye 27 No
Tax 94% aligned 53 shared votes
29 Aye 24 No
4 Aye 8 No
Education 92% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 25% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 5 No
Energy 43% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 3 No
Housing 67% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 67% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
7 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 71% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 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
52.4%
20% below average
Rank 616 of 649
1,472
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
309
590 eligible divisions
732
49.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
181
58.6% of votes cast
740
50.3% of votes cast
No votes
128
41.4% of votes cast
11
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

110
+27.7 vs Commons average
Rank 136 of 649
Appearances
59
-23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 380 of 649
157
+13.5 vs Commons average
Rank 187 of 649
Contributions
71
-72.5 vs Commons average
Rank 440 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
£188,989
all imported IPSA years
£250,082
11% above average
Latest expenses
£188,989
16% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
NHS / Health
8 of 11 votes
Trade
70 of 91 votes
#3
Work / Employment
27 of 39 votes
Defence
50 of 71 votes
#4
Education
33 of 50 votes
Energy
47 of 70 votes
#5
Tax
70 of 112 votes

Recent voting overlap

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