Voting Record — MPs for East Antrim

Note: our records only go back to 1997 for the Commons and 2001 for the Lords (more details).

Name	From	To	Party	Rebellions (explain...)	Attendance (explain...)
Sammy Wilson (show only their votes)	6 May 2010	still in office	DUP	10 votes out of 259, 3.9%	259 votes out of 776, 33.4%
Sammy Wilson (show only their votes)	5 May 2005	12 Apr 2010	DUP	9 votes out of 576, 1.6%	576 votes out of 1288, 44.7%
Mr Roy Beggs (show only their votes)	7 Jun 2001	11 Apr 2005	UUP	4 votes out of 686, 0.6%	686 votes out of 1246, 55.1%
Mr Roy Beggs (show only their votes)	1 May 1997	14 May 2001	UUP	1 vote out of 607, 0.2%	607 votes out of 1273, 47.7%

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Interesting Votes

Votes in parliament for which this MP's vote differed from the majority vote of their party (Rebel), or in which this MP was a teller (Teller), or both (Rebel Teller).

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Votes by Sammy Wilson MP
House	Date	Subject	Sammy Wilson	DUP Vote	Rôle
Commons	13 Mar 2013	Crime and Courts Bill [Lords] (Programme No. 2) — Schedule 13 — Judicial appointments	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	24 Oct 2012	Deferred Division — Public Bodies	Majority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	17 Oct 2012	Deferred Divisions — Sulphur contents for marine fuels	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	25 Jan 2012	Statements of Taxation — Clause 5 — Street litter control notices	Majority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	18 Jan 2012	Keeping of Primates As Pets (Prohibition) — Schedule 1 — Local retention of non-domestic rates	Majority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	18 Jan 2012	Keeping of Primates As Pets (Prohibition) — Schedule 1 — Local retention of non-domestic rates	Majority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	18 Jan 2012	Keeping of Primates As Pets (Prohibition) — Clause 1 — Local retention of non-domestic rates	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	26 Oct 2011	Opposition Day — [Un-allotted Day] — National Health Service	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	13 Oct 2011	Use of hand-held electronic devices and social media in the chamber (Backbench Business)	minority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	11 Oct 2011	Co-operative Housing Tenure Bill — Schedule 10 — Repeals and revocations	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	17 May 2011	Localism Bill (Ways and Means) — Schedule 2 — New Arrangements with respect to Governance of English Local Authorities	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	30 Mar 2011	Deferred Division — Local Government	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	1 Dec 2010	Deferred Division — Constitutional Law	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	21 Jul 2010	Use of the House of Commons Chamber by the United Kingdom Youth Parliament	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	20 Jul 2010	Timetable for Debate on Use of the Commons Chamber by UK Youth Parliament	minority	aye	Rebel
Votes by Sammy Wilson MP
House	Date	Subject	Sammy Wilson	DUP Vote	Rôle
Commons	25 Nov 2009	Christmas Holiday	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	3 Nov 2009	Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill — Power to appoint and approve senior civil servants in the Scottish Executive	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	21 Oct 2009	Government to sign up to 10:10 climate change campaign — rejected	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	26 Nov 2008	Orders of the Day — Clause 154 — Rules	minority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	29 Oct 2008	Opposition Day — [11th Allotted Day — Second Part] — Canterbury City Council Bill (By Order)	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	28 Oct 2008	Climate Change Bill — Report on the civil estate	tellno	aye	Rebel Teller
Commons	9 Jul 2008	Northern Ireland (Sentences) Act 1998 — Specified Organisations	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	9 Jul 2008	Biometric registration of immigrants — Civil Penalty Code of Practice	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	9 Jul 2008	Biometric registration of immigrants — Regulations	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	9 Jul 2008	Cost of Living — Calls for a review of mechanisms — rejected	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	25 Jun 2008	Planning Bill — Third reading	Majority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	25 Jun 2008	Planning Bill — Mobile phone masts to require certificates — rejected	Majority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	14 May 2008	Deferred Divisions — Banks and Banking	Majority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	2 Apr 2008	Northern Rock plc Transfer Order 2008 — Not annulled	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	9 Jan 2008	Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill — Preventing prison officers from taking industrial action	minority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	13 Dec 2006	Delegated Legislation — Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006	tellno	no	Teller
Votes by Mr Roy Beggs MP
House	Date	Subject	Mr Roy Beggs	UUP Vote	Rôle
Commons	20 Jan 2004	Crown Employment (Nationality)	Majority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	7 Jan 2004	Care Homes	minority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	16 Dec 2003	European Parliamentary and Local Elections (Pilots) Bill — Clause 4 — Electoral Commission report	minority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	16 Dec 2003	European Parliamentary and Local Elections (Pilots) Bill — New Clause 4 — Conduct of elections under a pilot order	minority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	18 Nov 2003	Criminal Justice Bill — Clause 42 — Applications by Prosecution for Certain Complex or Lengthy Trials to be Conducted without Jury	minority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	18 Nov 2003	Criminal Justice Bill — Clause 41 — Application by Defendant for Trial to be conducted without Jury	minority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	8 Jul 2003	House of Lords Reform — Exclusion of remaining Hereditary Peers	minority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	14 Apr 2003	Smoking (Restaurants) Bill	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	27 Mar 2003	Police (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords] — New Clause 4 — Appointment of Constables with Special Policing Skills	Majority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	27 Mar 2003	Police (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords] — Clause 12 — Investigations into Current Police Practices and Policies	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	11 Feb 2003	Northern Ireland	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	20 Nov 2002	Home Affairs	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	29 Oct 2002	Modernisation of the House of Commons	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	1 May 2002	Ways and Means — National Insurance Contributions	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	23 Apr 2002	Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation	Majority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	9 Jan 2002	Northern Ireland Arms Decommissioning (Amendment) Bill — New Clause 1 — Commencement	tellno	no	Teller
Votes by Mr Roy Beggs MP
House	Date	Subject	Mr Roy Beggs	UUP Vote	Rôle
Commons	13 Dec 2000	The Economy	minority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	21 Nov 2000	Police (Northern Ireland) Bill - Discrimination in appointments	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	11 Jul 2000	Police (Northern Ireland) Bill	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	11 Jul 2000	Police (Northern Ireland) Bill - District policing partnership sub-groups for Belfast	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	6 Jun 2000	Police (Northern Ireland) Bill	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	25 Jan 2000	Disqualifications Bill	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	25 Jan 2000	Disqualifications Bill	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	29 Jun 1999	Planning and Transport Congestion	minority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	17 May 1999	Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill	minority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	24 Feb 1999	City of London (Ward Elections) Bill (By Order)	minority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	27 Oct 1998	Working Time	Majority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	31 Jul 1998	Northern Ireland Bill	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	30 Jul 1998	Northern Ireland Bill - Transferred, excepted and reserved matters	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	30 Jun 1998	Finance (No. 2) Bill - Repayment of dividend tax credit to non-taxpayers	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	22 Apr 1998	Northern Ireland (Elections) Bill	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	22 Apr 1998	Northern Ireland (Elections) Bill - The Assembly	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	18 Dec 1997	Public Processions (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords]	tellno	no	Teller

Policy Comparisons

This chart shows the percentage agreement between this MP and each of the policies in the database, according to their voting record.

Agreement	Policy
88%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
99%	Business and community control of schools: For
50%	Cap or Reduce Civil Service Pay and Conditions
50%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
50%	Control Orders
50%	Crossrail - In favour
50%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
38%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency
13%	European Union - For
50%	Fully Elected House of Lords
75%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
50%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
18%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
5%	Identity cards - For introduction
7%	Increase VAT
66%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
31%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
13%	No detention without charge or trial
33%	No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
50%	Nuclear power - For
12%	Parliamentary scrutiny - Reduce
12%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
88%	Post office closures - against
34%	Privatise Royal Mail
75%	Promote Occupational Pensions
36%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
50%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
50%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
58%	Right to strike
87%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
81%	Smoking ban - In favour
36%	Stop climate change
100%	Termination of pregnancy - against
37%	Terrorism laws - For
67%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
58%	Transparency of Parliament
67%	Trident replacement - In favour
0%	Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
0%	University Tuition Fees - For
50%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
0%	War - Parliamentary authority not necessary

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