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Sammy Wilson vs Helen Whately

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


Voting alignment

Sammy Wilson and Helen Whately voted the same way 78% of the time, based on 1,277 shared comparable votes.

1,001 same votes 276 different votes 1,277 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
15 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
0 Aye 3 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
19 Aye 17 No
Energy 97% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 No
13 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 94% aligned 17 shared votes
12 Aye 5 No
70 Aye 120 No
Brexit / EU 89% aligned 190 shared votes
71 Aye 119 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 60% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No
18 Aye 23 No
Benefits 61% aligned 41 shared votes
16 Aye 25 No
54 Aye 31 No
Migration 61% aligned 85 shared votes
63 Aye 22 No
27 Aye 17 No
Defence 61% aligned 44 shared votes
22 Aye 22 No
15 Aye 10 No
Environment / Climate 64% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 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 650
Participation
83.7 %
11 % above average
Rank 127 of 650
1,452
2,349 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,967
2,349 eligible divisions
721
49.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
939
47.7 % of votes cast
731
50.3 % of votes cast
No votes
1,028
52.3 % of votes cast
11
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2 % of votes cast
21 years, 2 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

101
+30.1 vs Commons average
Rank 117 of 650
Appearances
42
-28.9 vs Commons average
Rank 455 of 650
139
+13.2 vs Commons average
Rank 179 of 650
Contributions
65
-60.8 vs Commons average
Rank 416 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,714,557
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£250,082
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Trade
84 of 89 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
Trade
68 of 89 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Defence
50 of 70 votes
#4
Migration
156 of 169 votes
Energy
47 of 70 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API