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Sammy Wilson vs Matthew Pennycook

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


Voting alignment

Sammy Wilson and Matthew Pennycook voted the same way 23% of the time, based on 1,239 shared comparable votes.

284 same votes 955 different votes 1,239 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
52 Aye 32 No
Migration 42% aligned 84 shared votes
21 Aye 63 No
26 Aye 19 No
Defence 40% aligned 45 shared votes
23 Aye 22 No
16 Aye 19 No
Benefits 37% aligned 35 shared votes
22 Aye 13 No
71 Aye 45 No
Crime / Justice 35% aligned 116 shared votes
52 Aye 64 No
15 Aye 11 No
Environment / Climate 35% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 6% aligned 35 shared votes
21 Aye 14 No
18 Aye 20 No
Energy 8% aligned 38 shared votes
23 Aye 15 No
14 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No
14 Aye 27 No
Education 12% aligned 41 shared votes
30 Aye 11 No
61 Aye 108 No
Brexit / EU 12% aligned 169 shared votes
105 Aye 64 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
82.2%
10% above average
Rank 153 of 649
1,472
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,954
2,376 eligible divisions
732
49.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,084
55.5% of votes cast
740
50.3% of votes cast
No votes
870
44.5% of votes cast
11
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

111
+26.2 vs Commons average
Rank 139 of 650
Appearances
159
+74.2 vs Commons average
Rank 58 of 650
160
+12.3 vs Commons average
Rank 191 of 650
Contributions
670
+522.3 vs Commons average
Rank 9 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
£1,761,831
all imported IPSA years
£250,082
11% above average
Latest expenses
£216,649
4% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Housing
63 of 67 votes
Trade
70 of 91 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
Defence
50 of 71 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Energy
47 of 70 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 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