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Sammy Wilson vs Rebecca Paul

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


Voting alignment

Sammy Wilson and Rebecca Paul voted the same way 95% of the time, based on 217 shared comparable votes.

207 same votes 10 different votes 217 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
22 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 52 shared votes
22 Aye 30 No
5 Aye 8 No
Education 100% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 8 No
Energy 100% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 5 No
Transport 100% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 3 No
Housing 50% aligned 14 shared votes
4 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 9 No
Defence 94% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 95% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No
4 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 95% aligned 19 shared votes
3 Aye 16 No
22 Aye 30 No
Tax 100% aligned 52 shared votes
22 Aye 30 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
78.8%
6% above average
Rank 226 of 649
1,472
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
465
590 eligible divisions
732
49.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
209
44.9% of votes cast
740
50.3% of votes cast
No votes
256
55.1% of votes cast
11
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% 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
104
+20.3 vs Commons average
Rank 157 of 649
160
+14.1 vs Commons average
Rank 188 of 649
Contributions
152
+6.1 vs Commons average
Rank 204 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
£124,847
all imported IPSA years
£250,082
11% above average
Latest expenses
£124,847
45% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
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
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Trade
70 of 91 votes
#3
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Defence
50 of 71 votes
#4
Defence
30 of 34 votes
Energy
47 of 70 votes
#5
Housing
28 of 32 votes

Recent voting overlap

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