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Sammy Wilson vs Priti Patel

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


Voting alignment

Sammy Wilson and Priti Patel voted the same way 82% of the time, based on 1,021 shared comparable votes.

833 same votes 188 different votes 1,021 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
11 Aye 10 No
Energy 100% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 10 shared votes
8 Aye 2 No
9 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 96% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No
63 Aye 117 No
Brexit / EU 94% aligned 180 shared votes
64 Aye 116 No
5 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 92% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 27 No
Migration 62% aligned 76 shared votes
56 Aye 20 No
19 Aye 16 No
Defence 63% aligned 35 shared votes
14 Aye 21 No
9 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 67% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 No
51 Aye 37 No
Crime / Justice 69% aligned 88 shared votes
48 Aye 40 No
9 Aye 24 No
Foreign Affairs 70% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 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
61.7%
11% below average
Rank 560 of 649
1,472
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,466
2,376 eligible divisions
732
49.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
666
45.4% of votes cast
740
50.3% of votes cast
No votes
800
54.6% of votes cast
11
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
14
1.0% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

108
+26.1 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 649
Appearances
68
-13.9 vs Commons average
Rank 319 of 649
151
+8.6 vs Commons average
Rank 194 of 649
Contributions
95
-47.4 vs Commons average
Rank 343 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
£2,462,741
all imported IPSA years
£250,082
11% above average
Latest expenses
£244,429
8% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
14
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
12
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
189 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Housing
52 of 67 votes
Trade
70 of 91 votes
#3
Trade
70 of 91 votes
Defence
50 of 71 votes
#4
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
Energy
47 of 70 votes
#5
Tax
217 of 322 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API