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Sammy Wilson
DUP MP for East Antrim, DUP MLA for East Antrim
- Also represented Belfast East
- Entered Parliament on 5 May 2005 — General election
- Entered the Assembly on 25 June 1998 — General election
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- Voting record
- Topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Sammy Wilson voted on key issues:
- Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted moderately against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted moderately for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted very strongly against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted moderately against equal gay rights. votes
- Voted moderately against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted strongly against more EU integration. votes
- Has never voted on removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Has never voted on a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted for replacing Trident. votes
- Voted moderately against laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
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More on well-known issues (from the Guardian) & their full record
- Sometimes rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Northern Ireland, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Treasury, Home Department, Defence
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Education and Library Boards, Police Service of Northern Ireland, Community Restorative Justice, Antisocial Behaviour Orders, Higher Education
(based on written questions asked by Sammy Wilson and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Finance (No. 3) Bill Committee (1 out of 14)
- Budget Responsibility and National Audit Bill Committee (0 out of 4)
- Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
- Violent Crime Reduction Bill Committee (5 out of 7)
- Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
- National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (2 out of 4)
Most recent appearances
- Northern Ireland Assembly: Northern Ireland Assembly: HM Treasury: Ministerial Contacts (7 Feb 2012)
“First, we discussed a wide range of taxation issues. I do not want the devolution of a huge amount of taxation to Northern Ireland for two reasons. First, I am a unionist, and I do not want Northern Ireland to be separate from the rest of the United Kingdom. Scottish and Irish nationalists might want that, but as a democratic unionist, I do not. Secondly, there are very good economic reasons...”
- Northern Ireland Assembly: Northern Ireland Assembly: HM Treasury: Ministerial Contacts (7 Feb 2012)
“First, I and my colleague the Minister for Social Development had such discussions with the Government at Westminster. Figures on the impact of welfare reform on Northern Ireland are being thrown around as far as. The first myth is that, somehow or other, we will end up with less money than we have at present. That is not correct. If he had bothered to check with his representative on the...”
- Northern Ireland Assembly: Northern Ireland Assembly: HM Treasury: Ministerial Contacts (7 Feb 2012)
“One of the aims is to get people off welfare dependency and back into work. We have raised particular measures, of course, and we will continue to raise them.”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 31 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 14 written questions in the last year — below average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 37.23% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 6 annotations on this MP’s speeches — 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.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 178 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Register last updated: 30 Jan 2012. More about the Register
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Expenses
Figures in brackets are ranks.Data from parliament.uk (source). Read 2004/05 – 2008/09 and 1st quarter 2009/10 receipts.
| Type | 2008/09 (ranking out of 647) | 2007/08 (ranking out of 645) | 2006/07 (ranking out of 645) | 2005/06 | 2004/05 | 2003/04 | 2002/03 | 2001/02 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £16,855 (388th) | £14,557 (501st) | £15,159 (505th) | £21,483 | ||||
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Office running costs | £20,795 (183rd) | £19,154 (282nd) | £22,271 (175th) | £17,971 | ||||
| Staffing costs | £93,360 (379th) | £88,089 (311th) | £73,386 (573rd) | £49,385 | ||||
| Communications Allowance | £6,045 (444th) | £9,931 (160th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £18,386 (32nd)1 | £20,104 (19th)2 | £16,908 (36th)3 | £15,943 | ||||
| Members' Staff Travel | £560 (142nd) | £871 (125th) | £2,635 (21st) | £3,173 | ||||
| Members' Spouse Travel | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £4,740 (203rd) | £631 (408th) | £1,454 (167th) | £1,388 | ||||
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £2,240 (338th) | £6,325 (97th) | £6,623 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,355 (104th) | £1,233 (joint 77th with 7 others) | £1,233 | |||||
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Total | £160,741 (187th) | £156,932 (145th) | £139,371 (295th) | £117,199 |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,696 (403rd). Rail £1,483 (408th). Air £14,982 (9th). Misc £225 (122nd).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,680 (425th). Rail £1,478 (387th). Air £15,451 (8th). Other: European £1,495 (25th).
3 Car £1,680 (455th). Rail £1,526 (378th). Air £13,702 (19th).