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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
• Majority: 7,304 votes. — 224th out of 643 MPs.

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• Voting record
• Committees and topics of interest
• Most recent appearances
• Numerology
• Register of Members’ Interests
• Expenses

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Sammy Wilson voted on key issues since 2001:

• Voted a mixture of for and against 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 moderately for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes, speeches
• Voted for replacing Trident. votes, speeches
• Voted moderately against equal gay rights. votes, speeches
• Voted strongly against laws to stop climate change. votes, speeches

Read about how the voting record is decided.

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

• Occasionally rebels against their party in this parliament.

Committees and topics of interest

Asks most questions about

• Departments: Northern Ireland, Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Treasury, Defence, International Development

• 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)

• Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (4 out of n/a)
• Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill Committee (6 out of n/a)
• National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)
• Violent Crime Reduction Bill Committee (5 out of n/a)
• Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill Committee (2 out of n/a)

Most recent appearances

Northern Ireland Assembly: Private Members’ Business: Northern Ireland Block Grant (17 Nov 2009)

“We have to be realistic about the circumstances that we face. The Assembly must ensure that it makes the best use of money by spending it responsibly.”

Northern Ireland Assembly: Private Members’ Business: Northern Ireland Block Grant (17 Nov 2009)

“The debate has been useful and has, for the most part, been injected with an air of realism about the economic situation in which we find ourselves. I want to make it very clear that my remarks are not to be interpreted as those of someone who wants to behave like a fiscal King Canute who will deny where the tide of public finance is coming from and going to. We know about the difficult...”

Northern Ireland Assembly: Private Members’ Business: Northern Ireland Block Grant (17 Nov 2009)

“That is right: none other than Comrade McGimpsey. Before the party that proposed the amendment talks about chest beating, rhetoric and the need to address these issues seriously, it should perhaps put that message across to one of its most senior members, who will have to make some difficult decisions in the Executive. Ultimately, a budget review committee or the Committee for Finance and...”

More of Sammy Wilson's recent appearances

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Numerology

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• Has spoken in 25 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
• Has received answers to 75 written questions in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
• Is a member of 0 select committees (0 as chair).
• Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
• Has voted in 46% of votes in parliament with this affiliation — well below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
• People have made 5 annotations 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.
• 60 people are tracking whenever this MP speaks — email me whenever Sammy Wilson speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 138 times in debates — below average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

Register last updated: 11 Nov 2009. More about the Register

View the history of this MP's entries in the Register

Expenses

Figures in brackets are ranks. Data from parliament.uk (source). Read 2004/05 – 2007/08 receipts.

^* Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £1,680 (425th). Rail £1,478 (387th). Air £15,451 (8th). Other: European £1,495 (25th).

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