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Sammy Wilson vs Peter Fortune

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


Voting alignment

Sammy Wilson and Peter Fortune voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 236 shared comparable votes.

230 same votes 6 different votes 236 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
20 Aye 43 No
Tax 100% aligned 63 shared votes
20 Aye 43 No
5 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 17 shared votes
5 Aye 12 No
6 Aye 9 No
Energy 100% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 5 No
Transport 100% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 5 No
Benefits 100% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 75% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 2 No
Housing 83% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
12 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 93% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 No
9 Aye 6 No
Defence 93% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 96% aligned 25 shared votes
3 Aye 22 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
72.2%
same as average
Rank 375 of 649
1,472
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
426
590 eligible divisions
732
49.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
188
44.1% of votes cast
740
50.3% of votes cast
No votes
238
55.9% of votes cast
11
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.5% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

111
+27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 137 of 649
Appearances
123
+39.3 vs Commons average
Rank 109 of 649
160
+14.1 vs Commons average
Rank 188 of 649
Contributions
148
+2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 209 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
£180,830
all imported IPSA years
£250,082
11% above average
Latest expenses
£180,830
20% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
4 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
4 of 4 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
Trade
70 of 91 votes
#3
Defence
50 of 71 votes
#4
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Energy
47 of 70 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
50 of 62 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API