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Sammy Wilson vs Sir Nicholas Dakin

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


Voting alignment

Sammy Wilson and Sir Nicholas Dakin voted the same way 11% of the time, based on 626 shared comparable votes.

69 same votes 557 different votes 626 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
15 Aye 4 No
Housing 42% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
2 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
14 Aye 21 No
Education 17% aligned 35 shared votes
25 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 2 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
21 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 13% aligned 47 shared votes
28 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 14 No
Transport 0% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
6 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
10 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 3% aligned 30 shared votes
21 Aye 9 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
82.7%
10% above average
Rank 142 of 649
1,472
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
488
590 eligible divisions
732
49.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
239
49.0% of votes cast
740
50.3% of votes cast
No votes
249
51.0% of votes cast
11
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

108
+26.3 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 649
Appearances
7
-74.7 vs Commons average
Rank 627 of 649
151
+8.7 vs Commons average
Rank 194 of 649
Contributions
7
-135.3 vs Commons average
Rank 625 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
£1,959,326
all imported IPSA years
£250,082
11% above average
Latest expenses
£208,878
8% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
63 of 69 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Trade
70 of 91 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Defence
50 of 71 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Energy
47 of 70 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

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