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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.

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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
22 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 Aye 74–323
22 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 Aye 104–391
22 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 Aye 164–311
17 Jun 2026 National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 No vote 144–244
17 Jun 2026 National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 No vote 135–258
17 Jun 2026 National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 No vote 143–249
17 Jun 2026 National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 No vote 85–317
17 Jun 2026 National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion No vote 233–94
16 Jun 2026 Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 No vote 262–86
16 Jun 2026 Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 No vote 162–246
16 Jun 2026 Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 No vote 151–258
16 Jun 2026 Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 13 No vote 77–255
15 Jun 2026 Royal Albert Hall Bill [Lords]: Revival No vote 24–37
10 Jun 2026 Railways Bill: Third Reading No vote 278–149
10 Jun 2026 Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 No vote 155–279
10 Jun 2026 Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 No vote 167–266
10 Jun 2026 Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 No vote 77–271
9 Jun 2026 Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 No vote 356–86
9 Jun 2026 Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 No vote 157–287
9 Jun 2026 Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 No vote 94–297
9 Jun 2026 Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 No vote 90–290
8 Jun 2026 Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 No vote 145–251
8 Jun 2026 Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 No vote 65–251
8 Jun 2026 Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 No vote 81–266
3 Jun 2026 Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 deferred division No 302–155

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

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Debates

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

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

Machine-readable: JSON for this MP.

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