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Sammy Wilson vs Pat McFadden

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 Pat McFadden
Pat McFadden
Lab Wolverhampton South East

Voting alignment

Sammy Wilson and Pat McFadden voted the same way 24% of the time, based on 1,011 shared comparable votes.

245 same votes 766 different votes 1,011 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
14 Aye 12 No
Defence 62% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 3 No
Housing 42% aligned 12 shared votes
8 Aye 4 No
14 Aye 8 No
Environment / Climate 41% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 No
17 Aye 18 No
Benefits 40% aligned 35 shared votes
22 Aye 13 No
47 Aye 26 No
Migration 40% aligned 73 shared votes
21 Aye 52 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 4% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 14 No
Energy 7% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
9 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
64 Aye 107 No
Brexit / EU 11% aligned 171 shared votes
105 Aye 66 No
9 Aye 13 No
Devolution / Local Government 18% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 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
65.7 %
7 % below average
Rank 507 of 649
1,460
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,550
2,361 eligible divisions
724
49.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
895
57.7 % of votes cast
736
50.4 % of votes cast
No votes
655
42.3 % 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
21 years, 3 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

102
+24.0 vs Commons average
Rank 147 of 649
Appearances
36
-42.0 vs Commons average
Rank 514 of 649
147
+8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 184 of 649
Contributions
257
+118.5 vs Commons average
Rank 73 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
£2,498,186
all imported IPSA years
£250,082
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£225,631
same as average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Brexit / EU
184 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Trade
70 of 91 votes
#3
Trade
75 of 91 votes
Defence
50 of 71 votes
#4
NHS / Health
46 of 56 votes
Energy
47 of 70 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 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
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
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
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
Where they voted the same
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
Aye
Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 53 8 Sep 2025
Housing
Aye
Aye
Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 26 8 Sep 2025
Housing
Aye
Aye
Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 19 8 Sep 2025
Housing
Aye
Aye
Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 18 8 Sep 2025
Housing
Aye
Aye
Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 11 8 Sep 2025
Housing
Aye
No
King's Speech (Motion for an Address): Amendment (k) 23 Jul 2024
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Rwanda Bill motion to disagree with Lords amendment 10F 22 Apr 2024
No
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