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Sammy Wilson vs Steve Witherden

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


Voting alignment

Sammy Wilson and Steve Witherden voted the same way 8% of the time, based on 250 shared comparable votes.

20 same votes 230 different votes 250 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
12 Aye 4 No
Housing 50% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 5 No
Benefits 33% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 8 No
Defence 13% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 10 No
Energy 6% aligned 18 shared votes
11 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 4% aligned 24 shared votes
21 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 59 shared votes
37 Aye 22 No
3 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 4 No
Transport 0% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 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
79.8%
7% above average
Rank 203 of 649
1,472
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
471
590 eligible divisions
732
49.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
244
51.8% of votes cast
740
50.3% of votes cast
No votes
227
48.2% of votes cast
11
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

109
+26.8 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 649
Appearances
60
-22.2 vs Commons average
Rank 375 of 649
154
+10.7 vs Commons average
Rank 192 of 649
Contributions
76
-67.3 vs Commons average
Rank 418 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
£141,271
all imported IPSA years
£250,082
11% above average
Latest expenses
£141,271
38% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 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
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Trade
70 of 91 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Defence
50 of 71 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Energy
47 of 70 votes
#5
Work / Employment
37 of 39 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