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Sammy Wilson vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith

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


Voting alignment

Sammy Wilson and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 81% of the time, based on 1,264 shared comparable votes.

1,026 same votes 238 different votes 1,264 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
0 Aye 3 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
12 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 96% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
16 Aye 19 No
Energy 94% aligned 35 shared votes
14 Aye 21 No
13 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 94% aligned 17 shared votes
12 Aye 5 No
71 Aye 122 No
Brexit / EU 92% aligned 193 shared votes
70 Aye 123 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 18 No
Defence 60% aligned 43 shared votes
20 Aye 23 No
18 Aye 22 No
Benefits 63% aligned 40 shared votes
15 Aye 25 No
18 Aye 6 No
Housing 63% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
14 Aye 6 No
Environment / Climate 65% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
55 Aye 33 No
Migration 66% aligned 88 shared votes
63 Aye 25 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 563 of 650
Participation
81.6 %
9 % above average
Rank 171 of 650
1,448
2,344 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,913
2,344 eligible divisions
719
49.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
876
45.8 % of votes cast
729
50.3 % of votes cast
No votes
1,037
54.2 % of votes cast
11
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
41
2.1 % of votes cast
21 years, 1 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
34 years, 2 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

102
+31.9 vs Commons average
Rank 111 of 650
Appearances
85
+14.9 vs Commons average
Rank 165 of 650
140
+15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 172 of 650
Contributions
161
+36.5 vs Commons average
Rank 144 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,714,557
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£250,082
11 % above average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
11
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
208 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Trade
68 of 89 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 66 votes
Defence
50 of 70 votes
#4
Migration
152 of 169 votes
Energy
45 of 67 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
197 of 229 votes

Recent voting overlap

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