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Sammy Wilson vs James Murray

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


Voting alignment

Sammy Wilson and James Murray voted the same way 30% of the time, based on 726 shared comparable votes.

217 same votes 509 different votes 726 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
12 Aye 8 No
Benefits 60% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 57% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
12 Aye 14 No
Transport 46% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
52 Aye 30 No
Crime / Justice 45% aligned 82 shared votes
33 Aye 49 No
45 Aye 24 No
Migration 43% aligned 69 shared votes
18 Aye 51 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 16 No
Energy 8% aligned 24 shared votes
18 Aye 6 No
14 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No
6 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 10% aligned 20 shared votes
16 Aye 4 No
11 Aye 17 No
Education 11% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No
56 Aye 66 No
Tax 18% aligned 122 shared votes
80 Aye 42 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
73.4%
1% above average
Rank 348 of 649
1,472
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,217
1,658 eligible divisions
732
49.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
647
53.2% of votes cast
740
50.3% of votes cast
No votes
570
46.8% of votes cast
11
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

111
+27.4 vs Commons average
Rank 137 of 650
Appearances
97
+13.4 vs Commons average
Rank 191 of 650
160
+14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 188 of 650
Contributions
757
+611.3 vs Commons average
Rank 6 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
£1,325,130
all imported IPSA years
£250,082
11% above average
Latest expenses
£293,355
30% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
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
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
45 of 50 votes
Trade
70 of 91 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 54 votes
Defence
50 of 71 votes
#4
Migration
132 of 154 votes
Energy
47 of 70 votes
#5
Education
58 of 69 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