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Sammy Wilson vs Dr Beccy Cooper

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


Voting alignment

Sammy Wilson and Dr Beccy Cooper voted the same way 8% of the time, based on 252 shared comparable votes.

19 same votes 233 different votes 252 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
10 Aye 2 No
Housing 58% aligned 12 shared votes
9 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
12 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 13% aligned 30 shared votes
18 Aye 12 No
4 Aye 4 No
Benefits 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
16 Aye 11 No
Defence 7% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 34 No
Tax 0% aligned 47 shared votes
34 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 9 No
Energy 0% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 12 shared votes
9 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 4 No
Transport 0% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 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
74.1%
1% above average
Rank 332 of 649
1,472
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
437
590 eligible divisions
732
49.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
224
51.3% of votes cast
740
50.3% of votes cast
No votes
213
48.7% 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

109
+26.8 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 649
Appearances
46
-36.2 vs Commons average
Rank 476 of 649
154
+10.7 vs Commons average
Rank 192 of 649
Contributions
65
-78.3 vs Commons average
Rank 456 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
£235,147
all imported IPSA years
£250,082
11% above average
Latest expenses
£235,147
4% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
10
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Trade
70 of 91 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Defence
50 of 71 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Energy
47 of 70 votes
#5

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