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Sammy Wilson vs Kim Leadbeater

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

Photograph of Sammy Wilson
Sammy Wilson
DUP East Antrim
vs
Photograph of Kim Leadbeater
Kim Leadbeater
Lab Spen Valley

Voting alignment

Sammy Wilson and Kim Leadbeater voted the same way 23% of the time, based on 612 shared comparable votes.

141 same votes 471 different votes 612 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
5 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 50% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
36 Aye 19 No
Migration 42% aligned 55 shared votes
16 Aye 39 No
16 Aye 4 No
Housing 40% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 38% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 8 No
Benefits 38% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 1 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 3% aligned 29 shared votes
22 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 19 No
Education 4% aligned 28 shared votes
20 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 7% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No
6 Aye 6 No
Transport 8% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 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 649
Participation
82.3 %
10 % above average
Rank 151 of 649
1,460
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,090
1,325 eligible divisions
724
49.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
567
52.0 % of votes cast
736
50.4 % of votes cast
No votes
523
48.0 % of votes cast
11
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
21 years, 3 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
5 years, 1 months
Since 1 Jul 2021

Debates

102
+24.0 vs Commons average
Rank 147 of 649
Appearances
4
-74.0 vs Commons average
Rank 626 of 649
147
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 184 of 649
Contributions
13
-125.5 vs Commons average
Rank 612 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
£1,032,995
all imported IPSA years
£250,082
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£309,696
37 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
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
Education
63 of 65 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
NHS / Health
37 of 40 votes
Trade
70 of 91 votes
#3
Crime / Justice
129 of 142 votes
Defence
50 of 71 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
28 of 31 votes
Energy
47 of 70 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
48 of 54 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026 22 Apr 2026
Cost of Living Energy
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to agree with all remaining Lords Amendments 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Amendment 2 27 Jan 2026
No
Aye
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 2026
Aye
No
Pension Schemes Bill: New Clause 26 3 Dec 2025
Benefits
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 6 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 7 15 Sep 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 64 8 Sep 2025
Housing
Aye
Aye
Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 53 8 Sep 2025
Housing
Aye
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