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Sammy Wilson vs Chris Philp

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


Voting alignment

Sammy Wilson and Chris Philp voted the same way 77% of the time, based on 1,293 shared comparable votes.

995 same votes 298 different votes 1,293 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
11 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 16 shared votes
11 Aye 5 No
0 Aye 3 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
16 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 97% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 No
14 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 94% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 No
21 Aye 21 No
Energy 93% aligned 42 shared votes
20 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 53% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
18 Aye 21 No
Benefits 59% aligned 39 shared votes
16 Aye 23 No
26 Aye 11 No
Defence 59% aligned 37 shared votes
19 Aye 18 No
56 Aye 33 No
Migration 61% aligned 89 shared votes
67 Aye 22 No
16 Aye 11 No
Environment / Climate 63% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 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
83.3%
11% above average
Rank 128 of 649
1,472
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,979
2,376 eligible divisions
732
49.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
959
48.5% of votes cast
740
50.3% of votes cast
No votes
1,020
51.5% of votes cast
11
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
17
0.9% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

110
+27.7 vs Commons average
Rank 136 of 649
Appearances
56
-26.3 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 649
157
+13.5 vs Commons average
Rank 187 of 649
Contributions
85
-58.5 vs Commons average
Rank 383 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
£1,743,577
all imported IPSA years
£250,082
11% above average
Latest expenses
£215,599
5% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
11
5 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
209 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Trade
70 of 91 votes
#3
Migration
160 of 171 votes
Defence
50 of 71 votes
#4
Trade
82 of 91 votes
Energy
47 of 70 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes

Recent voting overlap

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