• DUP MP for East Antrim
• DUP MLA for East Antrim
• Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
• Entered the Assembly on 25 June 1998 — General election
• Majority: 7,304 votes. — 222nd out of 631 MPs.
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How Sammy Wilson voted on key issues since 2001:

• Has never voted on a transparent Parliament. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for introducing a smoking ban. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly against introducing ID cards. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes, speeches
• Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted for replacing Trident. votes, speeches
• Has never voted on equal gay rights. votes, speeches

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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record

• Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.

Select Committee membership

• Member, Northern Ireland Affairs Committee (since 14 Jul 2005)

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Northern Ireland, Treasury, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Health, Constitutional Affairs

• Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Education and Library Boards, Police Service of Northern Ireland, Community Restorative Justice, Higher Education, IntertradeIreland

(based on written questions asked by Sammy Wilson and answered by departments)

Written Answers — Northern Ireland: Speed Limits: Cameras (21 Jul 2008)

“To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much revenue has been generated from fines imposed as a result of offences detected by speed cameras in each council area in Northern Ireland in each year since 2003.”

Opposition Day — [18th Allotted Day]: Fuel Duty (16 Jul 2008)

“Does the hon. Gentleman recognise that the leakage to which he refers is particularly severe in Northern Ireland, because of the differences in duty between the Irish Republic and Northern Ireland? Indeed, those differences have led to large-scale operations by gangsters, who take hundreds of millions of pounds out of the economy every year through fuel smuggling.”

Opposition Day — [18th Allotted Day]: Fuel Duty (16 Jul 2008)

“All the issues that the Minister mentioned may well be matters that should be considered in the House, but is today's debate not supposed to be about fuel duty?”

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• Has spoken in 38 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 36 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
• Is a member of 1 select committee.
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2007, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 49% of votes in parliament — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 4 comments on this MP's speeches — below average amongst MPs.
• This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 64 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Sammy Wilson speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 112 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register last updated: 22 Jul 2008. More about the Register

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Figures in brackets are ranks. Parliament's explanatory notes.

^* Car £1,680 (455th). Rail £1,526 (378th). Air £13,702 (19th).