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Sammy Wilson vs Patricia Ferguson

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


Voting alignment

Sammy Wilson and Patricia Ferguson voted the same way 13% of the time, based on 251 shared comparable votes.

32 same votes 219 different votes 251 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
12 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 20% aligned 30 shared votes
18 Aye 12 No
4 Aye 4 No
Benefits 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 11 No
Defence 9% aligned 23 shared votes
11 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 42 No
Tax 0% aligned 62 shared votes
42 Aye 20 No
6 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 5 No
Transport 0% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

61.9%
11% below average
Rank 558 of 649
Participation
78.0%
5% above average
Rank 242 of 649
1,470
2,373 eligible divisions
Total votes
458
587 eligible divisions
732
49.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
234
51.1% of votes cast
738
50.2% of votes cast
No votes
224
48.9% of votes cast
11
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
16
3.5% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

106
+25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 145 of 649
Appearances
86
+5.3 vs Commons average
Rank 222 of 649
149
+8.4 vs Commons average
Rank 195 of 649
Contributions
110
-30.6 vs Commons average
Rank 298 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
£151,093
all imported IPSA years
£250,082
11% above average
Latest expenses
£151,093
33% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Trade
70 of 91 votes
#3
Energy
18 of 20 votes
Defence
50 of 71 votes
#4
Defence
30 of 34 votes
Energy
47 of 70 votes
#5
Benefits
26 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

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