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Sammy Wilson vs Sir Julian Smith

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


Voting alignment

Sammy Wilson and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 78% of the time, based on 1,199 shared comparable votes.

932 same votes 267 different votes 1,199 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
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
0 Aye 3 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
14 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 97% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No
16 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 95% aligned 22 shared votes
15 Aye 7 No
19 Aye 21 No
Energy 93% aligned 40 shared votes
18 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 50% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
14 Aye 20 No
Benefits 59% aligned 34 shared votes
12 Aye 22 No
29 Aye 17 No
Defence 61% aligned 46 shared votes
23 Aye 23 No
7 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 61% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
53 Aye 30 No
Migration 61% aligned 83 shared votes
63 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
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 649
1,472
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
732
49.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
884
48.1% of votes cast
740
50.3% of votes cast
No votes
953
51.9% of votes cast
11
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

110
+27.7 vs Commons average
Rank 136 of 649
Appearances
97
+14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 649
157
+13.5 vs Commons average
Rank 187 of 649
Contributions
115
-28.5 vs Commons average
Rank 288 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
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£250,082
11% above average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
5 registered categories
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
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Trade
70 of 91 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Defence
50 of 71 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Energy
47 of 70 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
191 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

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