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Sammy Wilson vs David Simmonds
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Sammy Wilson and David Simmonds voted the same way 70% of the time, based on 790 shared comparable votes.
554 same votes
236 different votes
790 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
62.0%
11% below average
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
1,472
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,379
1,658 eligible divisions
732
49.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
664
48.2% of votes cast
740
50.3% of votes cast
No votes
715
51.8% of votes cast
11
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Debates
110
+27.7 vs Commons average
Appearances
108
+25.7 vs Commons average
157
+13.5 vs Commons average
Contributions
244
+100.5 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,714,557
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£250,082
11% above average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
Armed Forces Commissioner Bill: Government amendment (a) in lieu of Lords Amendments 2 and 3
3 Jun 2025
No
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API