Official portrait of Sammy Wilson

Sammy Wilson

Democratic Unionist Party MP for East Antrim, since 5 May 2005

The Rt Hon Sammy Wilson is the Democratic Unionist Party MP for East Antrim, and has been an MP continually since 5 May 2005.

Scorecard

52.3% Attendance Below the median of MPs who vote
299 Votes cast out of 575 divisions, plus 2 as teller
274 No vote recorded absent, abstaining, paired or unable to attend
2 Against their own party divisions where they voted the other way to most Democratic Unionist Party MPs
2 Interests declared none at £5,000 or more
1159 Debates spoken in 558 written questions tabled

Ranked 571 of 638 MPs for attendance. The median of MPs who vote is 72.3%. Ministers and front-benchers vote less often than backbenchers for reasons of office rather than absenteeism, and Parliament does not publish reasons for any absence — the ranking is a starting point for a question, not an answer to one.

Voting record

575 divisions since they took their seat, newest first.

DateQuestionTheir voteResult
2 Jul 2025 Draft Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Suitability for Fixed Term Recall) Order 2025 deferred division No vote 333–168
2 Jul 2025 Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025 deferred division No vote 338–79
1 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading No 335–260
1 Jul 2025 Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading Aye 149–328
30 Jun 2025 Draft Marking of Retail Goods Regulations 2025 Teller 315–4
20 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading No 314–291
20 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 No 274–224
20 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 No 275–209
20 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 Aye 223–269
20 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 Aye 213–266
20 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 Aye 208–261
18 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill: Third Reading No vote 312–95
18 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 130 No vote 178–313
18 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 121 No vote 114–310
18 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 88 No vote 178–313
18 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 43 No vote 147–305
18 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 7 No vote 102–390
17 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106 Aye 117–379
17 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 No 379–137
17 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 Aye 89–428
17 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 Aye 189–328
17 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 175 Aye 184–336
17 Jun 2025 Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 174 Aye 194–335
13 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 Aye 259–216
13 Jun 2025 Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 Aye 230–256

Declared financial interests

Quoted in full from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Entries where the largest figure is £5,000 or more are marked. A declaration is not a wrongdoing — the register exists precisely so that these things are visible.

4. Visits outside the UK

Name of donor: Embassy of Israel
Address of donor: Embassy of Israel, 2 Palace Green, London W8 4QB
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation): Flights (£800), food and transport (£1760), accommodation (£1250), value £3,810
Destination of visit: Israel
Dates of visit: 23 October 2025 to 30 October 2025
Purpose of visit: This was a fact finding visit which included visiting Israeli Jews, Christians, Muslims, Druze and others, meeting members of civil and political society (including Government and opposition MK's) being briefed by eyewitnesses to the murderous terrorist attacks by Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran and the Houthis.
(Registered 12 November 2025)

On the register since 18 Nov 2025

8. Miscellaneous

Board Member of the Centre for Brexit Policy. This is an unpaid role.
Date interest arose: 1 June 2019
(Registered 2 February 2022)

On the register since 18 Apr 2024

The same register on parliament.uk →

Debates

1159 debates contributed to in total. The ten most recent:

Money declared to them

1 donation accepted personally since 4 Jul 2024, worth £3,810 in total — from the Electoral Commission's register, which is a separate register from the one above. Money given to their party is not counted here; this is money declared to them.

AcceptedRecipientDonorTypeValue
23 Oct 2025 Sammy Wilson sitting MP Embassy of Israel Other Visit £3,810

Where the public money goes — contracts and donations →


Sources: Commons Votes API, Members API and the Register of Members' Financial Interests, all published by Parliament under the Open Parliament Licence; donations from the Electoral Commission's register. This member's register and debate record were last refreshed 3 Aug 2026. How every figure is worked out →

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