Voting Record — MPs for East Antrim

Sammy Wilson

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)	5 Jul 2024	still in office	DUP	1 vote out of 92, 1.1%	92 votes out of 155, 59.4%
Sammy Wilson (show only their votes)	13 Dec 2019	30 May 2024	DUP	5 votes out of 648, 0.8%	648 votes out of 1069, 60.6%
Sammy Wilson (show only their votes)	9 Jun 2017	6 Nov 2019	DUP	2 votes out of 377, 0.5%	377 votes out of 463, 81.4%
Sammy Wilson (show only their votes)	8 May 2015	3 May 2017	DUP	3 votes out of 249, 1.2%	249 votes out of 467, 53.3%
Sammy Wilson (show only their votes)	6 May 2010	30 Mar 2015	DUP	21 votes out of 404, 5.2%	404 votes out of 1239, 32.6%
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	26 Mar 2025	Tobacco and Vapes Bill — Clause 168 - Commencement: Parts 1 to 4	minority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	14 Jan 2025	Renters’ Rights Bill — New Clause 14 - Prohibition of rent in advance before lease entered into	minority	aye	Rebel
Votes by Sammy Wilson MP
House	Date	Subject	Sammy Wilson	DUP Vote	Rôle
Commons	13 Jun 2023	Procurement Bill [Lords] — Schedule 7 - Discretionary exclusion grounds	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	6 Jun 2023	Committee on Standards	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	16 Jan 2023	Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill: Programme	Majority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	16 Jan 2023	Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill	Majority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	14 Dec 2022	Asylum Seekers (Removal to Safe Countries)	minority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	12 Dec 2022	Trade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill — Clause 1 - Power to implement government procurement Chapters	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	30 Nov 2022	Finance Bill — Clause 5 - Basic rate limit and personal allowance for tax years 2026 and 2027-28	Majority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	26 Oct 2022	Identity and Language (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords] — Clause 3 - The Ulster Scots and the Ulster British Tradition	tellaye	aye	Teller
Commons	18 Oct 2022	Public Order Bill — New Clause 11 - Offence of interference with access to or provision of abortion services	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	12 Oct 2022	Identity and Language (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords]	tellno	no	Teller
Commons	16 Jun 2021	Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2021	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	16 Jun 2021	House of Commons Proceedings During the Pandemic	minority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	13 Oct 2020	Fisheries Bill [Lords] — Schedule 3 - Sea fishing licences: further provision	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	12 Oct 2020	Agriculture Bill — New Clause After Clause 42 — Requirement for Agricultural and Food Imports to Meet Domestic Standards	both	no	Rebel
Commons	23 Sep 2020	Health Protection (Coronavirus) (Restrictions on Holding of Gatherings and Amendment) (England) Regulations 2020 — Ban on Gatherings of More than 30 People at Private Homes in England	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	24 Jun 2020	Demonstrations (Abortion Clinics) Bill — Leave to Bring In	tellno	no	Teller
Votes by Sammy Wilson MP
House	Date	Subject	Sammy Wilson	DUP Vote	Rôle
Commons	16 Jan 2019	UK Participation In The EU Agency For Criminal Justice Cooperation (Eurojust) — EU Coordination and Cooperation in Policing and Justice	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	23 Jan 2018	Appointment of Professor Sir Ian Kennedy as Electoral Commissioner	Majority	aye	Rebel
Votes by Sammy Wilson MP
House	Date	Subject	Sammy Wilson	DUP Vote	Rôle
Commons	14 Mar 2017	Budget Resolution 40. Alcoholic Liquor Duties (Rates) — Taxes on Alcoholic Drinks	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	24 Jan 2017	Wales Bill — After Clause 48 — Devolution of Regulation of Gaming Machines — Maximum Charge Threshold	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	8 Sep 2015	Finance Bill — New Clause 2 — Report on Application of Climate Change Levy Tax To Electricity Generated from Renewable Sources	Majority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	8 Sep 2015	Finance Bill — Application of Climate Change Levy Tax to Electricity Generated from Renewable Sources	Majority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	17 Jun 2015	Opposition Day — Report on Impact of Spending Review Options on Productivity	minority	no	Rebel
Votes by Sammy Wilson MP
House	Date	Subject	Sammy Wilson	DUP Vote	Rôle
Commons	11 Mar 2015	Standardised Packaging of Tobacco Products Regulations 2015	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	28 Jan 2015	Opposition Day — Further Public Spending Cuts	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	10 Nov 2014	Transposing European Union Criminal Justice and Data Protection Measures into UK Law	minority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	23 Oct 2014	Repeal of the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011	minority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	15 Jul 2014	Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Bill — Fast-Track Timetable — House of Commons Stages in Single Day	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	2 Jul 2014	Finance Bill — New Clause 10 — Review Impact of Changes to the Annual Investment Allowance Made in 2011	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	12 Feb 2014	Abolition of the National Consumer Council and Transfer of Estate Agent Regulation to Powys Trading Standards	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	22 Jan 2014	Civil Legal Aid (Merits Criteria) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations — Legal Aid In Cases With Borderline Prospect of Success	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	10 Dec 2013	Business of the House — Time for Consideration of Private Members' Bills	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	4 Sep 2013	Opposition Day — Living Standards — Energy Prices and Profits	Majority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	4 Sep 2013	Opposition Day — Jobs — Capital Investment — Mansion Tax — Income Tax — Rail Fares — Energy Bills — Private Tenants — Pensions — Payday Loans — Banking, Planning and Skills Reforms	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	4 Jun 2013	Energy Bill — Third Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	4 Jun 2013	Energy Bill — Clause 10 — Financial Incentives for Larger Small Scale Low Carbon Generation Plants	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	4 Jun 2013	Energy Bill — Clause 1 — Requirement to Set a Decarbonisation Target Range	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	13 Mar 2013	Crime and Courts Bill — Schedule 13 — Diversity of Judicial appointments	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	24 Oct 2012	Draft Housing Benefit (Amendment) Regulations 2012 — Under Occupation Critera — Local Housing Allowance Rates	Majority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	17 Oct 2012	European Union — Regulation of Emission of Pollutants from Ships	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	25 Jan 2012	London Local Authorities Bill — Closure of Debate on Street Litter Control Notices	Majority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	18 Jan 2012	Local Government Finance Bill — Schedule 1 — Process for National vs Local Allocation of Business Rates	Majority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	18 Jan 2012	Local Government Finance Bill — Schedule 1 — Considerations When Determining Local vs National Share of Business Rates	Majority	unknown	Unknown
Commons	18 Jan 2012	Local Government Finance Bill — Clause 1 — Local Retention of Business Rates	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	26 Oct 2011	Health and Social Care Bill — Drop the Bill — Cross Party Talks on NHS Commissioning	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	Protection of Freedoms Bill — Third Reading — DNA Retention, Clamping, CCTV, FOI Datasets	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	17 May 2011	Localism Bill — Schedule 2 — Allowing Voters to Express a Second Preference When Electing Mayors	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	30 Mar 2011	Local Government Publicity	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	1 Dec 2010	Draft Scottish Parliament (Elections etc.) Order 2010 — Scottish Parliament Election Rules	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
93%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
69%	Academy Schools - for
76%	Action to prevent domestic violence and abuse
20%	Action to Reduce Spread of COVID-19
77%	Additional Rate of Income Tax - Increase
58%	Against On-Shore Wind Turbines
66%	Apprenticeships
0%	Assisted Dying
60%	Asylum System - More strict
75%	Authorised Criminal Conduct by Undercover Sources
69%	Balance the Budget Without Borrowing
64%	Bankers' Bonus Tax
0%	Brexit veto for Scotland, Wales and NI
99%	Business and community control of schools: For
58%	Cap or Reduce Public Sector Redundancy Payments
50%	Civil aviation pollution - For limiting
50%	Closed Material Proceedure
34%	Coalition Programme for Government - For
50%	Control Orders
50%	Crossrail - In favour
75%	Cull Badgers
50%	Decamp from Palace of Westminister During Works
72%	Delegate more powers to government ministers
50%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
79%	Deprivation of Citizenship - Easier to Do
45%	Do more to help refugees inclding children
0%	Easier access to abortion
50%	Employee Shareholder Status
66%	Employment rights
53%	Encourage and incentivise saving
0%	End support for some 16-18 yr olds in education
69%	Energy Prices - More Affordable
0%	English Votes on English Laws etc.
50%	Environmental water quality
46%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
20%	European Union Integration - For
45%	Excess Bedroom Benefit Reduction - Social Tenants
81%	Extend Right to Buy to Housing Associations
64%	Fire Safety
35%	Fixed Term Parliaments
15%	For the UK to Remain a Member of the EU
96%	Free Market Within United Kingdom
38%	Fully Elected House of Lords
28%	Further devolution to Northern Ireland
34%	Further devolution to Scotland
36%	Further devolution to Wales
69%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
50%	GP Commissioning in the NHS
100%	Heathrow Third Runway - In Favour
71%	Higher Benefits for Ill and Disabled
0%	Higher Pay for Public Sector Workers
40%	Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
22%	Higher taxes on banks
100%	Higher taxes on sugary drinks
50%	Hold a UK referendum on Lisbon EU Treaty
7%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
50%	HS2 - In Favour
32%	Human Rights and Equality
5%	Identity cards - For introduction
87%	Imported Goods Must Equal UK Standards
100%	In Favour of Mass Surveillance
25%	Incentivise Low Carbon Electricity Generation
17%	Incentivise membership of press regulator
52%	Increase Air Passenger Duty
49%	Increase the income tax - tax free allowance
58%	Increase the state pension age
24%	Increase VAT
42%	Inheritance Tax
72%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
50%	Jobs Guarantee for Long Term Young Unemployed
37%	Labour's Terrorism laws - For
64%	Limit NHS Foundation Trust Private Patient Income
50%	Localise Council Tax Support
37%	Lower taxes on petrol & diesel for motor vehicles
60%	Make High Earners Pay Market Rent for Council Home
60%	Make it easier to trigger a new election for an MP
25%	Mansion Tax
81%	Mass Retention of Communications Data
67%	Measures to reduce tax avoidance.
0%	Member trustees on pension boards
50%	Merge Police and Fire under Police & Crime Cmmr
100%	Military Action against Daesh / ISIL
58%	Minimum Wage
31%	Ministers Can Intervene in Coroners' Inquests
0%	More Emergency Service Workers
75%	More funds for social care
49%	More powers for local councils
60%	More restrictive planning laws
0%	MPs decide if to approve a withdrawal agreeement
13%	No detention without charge or trial
29%	No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
50%	Nuclear power - For
43%	Openness and Transparency - In Favour
58%	Pension auto-enrolment - For
60%	Phase out of Tenancies for Life
48%	Police and Crime Commissioners
12%	Post office - in favour of Government policy
88%	Post office closures - against
18%	Preserve Environmental Protection on EU Withdrawal
75%	Prevent abuse of zero hours contracts
31%	Privatise Royal Mail
66%	Promote Occupational Pensions
23%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
55%	Protect tenants & leasholders from safety costs
19%	Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
47%	Public Ownership of Railways
48%	Rail Fares - Lower
100%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
72%	Reduce capital gains tax
60%	Reduce central funding for local government
40%	Reduce max amount people may be charged for care
34%	Reduce Spending on Welfare Benefits
100%	Reduce taxes on domestic property transactions
38%	Reduce the rate of Corporation Tax
42%	Reducing the number of MPs - for
50%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
0%	Referendum on any EU withdrawal arrangements
86%	Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
4%	Referendums for Directly Elected City Mayors
25%	Register of Lobbyists
44%	Regulate letting agent fees
25%	Regulation of Shale Gas Extraction
34%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
0%	Replace Higher Education Grants with Loans
63%	Require Pub Companies to Offer Rent Only Leases
100%	Require voters to show photo ID before voting
17%	Restrict 3rd party campaigners during elections
42%	Restrict Scope of Legal Aid
25%	Retain funds from council house sales locally
62%	Retention of Business Rates by Local Government
18%	Right for EU Citizens in the UK to Stay
58%	Right to strike
23%	Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
8%	Same Sex Marriage - for
78%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
50%	Sell England's Public Forests
64%	Smoking ban - In favour
25%	State control of bus services
30%	Stop climate change
76%	Support current and former armed service members
58%	Tax Incentives for Companies Investing in Assets
50%	Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
100%	Termination of pregnancy - against
67%	The UK should not ratify the Lisbon Treaty
78%	Tougher on illegal immigration
82%	Trade Unions - Restrict
58%	Transparency of Parliament
71%	Trident replacement - In favour
0%	Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
9%	University Tuition Fees - For
77%	Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
14%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
0%	War - Parliamentary authority not necessary
50%	Welfare benefits ought rise in line with prices
71%	Woman's pension age increase - slow transition

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