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Sammy Wilson vs Michelle Welsh

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


Voting alignment

Sammy Wilson and Michelle Welsh voted the same way 8% of the time, based on 274 shared comparable votes.

21 same votes 253 different votes 274 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 4 No
Housing 50% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
11 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 14% aligned 29 shared votes
18 Aye 11 No
4 Aye 5 No
Benefits 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 11 No
Defence 9% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 44 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
44 Aye 24 No
6 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No
7 Aye 10 No
Energy 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 5 No
Transport 0% aligned 10 shared votes
5 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
82.7%
10% above average
Rank 141 of 649
1,472
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
488
590 eligible divisions
732
49.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
248
50.8% of votes cast
740
50.3% of votes cast
No votes
240
49.2% 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
56
-26.2 vs Commons average
Rank 405 of 649
154
+10.7 vs Commons average
Rank 192 of 649
Contributions
68
-75.3 vs Commons average
Rank 448 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
£179,455
all imported IPSA years
£250,082
11% above average
Latest expenses
£179,455
21% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
63 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Trade
70 of 91 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Defence
50 of 71 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Energy
47 of 70 votes
#5
Energy
19 of 20 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