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Sammy Wilson vs Neil O'Brien

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


Voting alignment

Sammy Wilson and Neil O'Brien voted the same way 78% of the time, based on 1,188 shared comparable votes.

922 same votes 266 different votes 1,188 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
0 Aye 3 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
15 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 97% aligned 31 shared votes
14 Aye 17 No
16 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 95% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
17 Aye 23 No
Energy 93% aligned 40 shared votes
16 Aye 24 No
10 Aye 21 No
Education 90% aligned 31 shared votes
11 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 19 No
Benefits 58% aligned 36 shared votes
16 Aye 20 No
15 Aye 11 No
Environment / Climate 62% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
28 Aye 17 No
Defence 62% aligned 45 shared votes
23 Aye 22 No
47 Aye 32 No
Migration 65% aligned 79 shared votes
61 Aye 18 No
19 Aye 42 No
Foreign Affairs 66% aligned 61 shared votes
22 Aye 39 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
84.7%
12% above average
Rank 102 of 649
1,472
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,797
2,121 eligible divisions
732
49.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
888
49.4% of votes cast
740
50.3% of votes cast
No votes
909
50.6% of votes cast
11
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

110
+27.7 vs Commons average
Rank 136 of 649
Appearances
18
-64.3 vs Commons average
Rank 602 of 649
157
+13.5 vs Commons average
Rank 187 of 649
Contributions
23
-120.5 vs Commons average
Rank 595 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
£1,900,002
all imported IPSA years
£250,082
11% above average
Latest expenses
£311,946
38% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
67 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
44 of 46 votes
Trade
70 of 91 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
178 of 188 votes
Defence
50 of 71 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Energy
47 of 70 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 87 votes

Recent voting overlap

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