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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

Voting record (from PublicWhip)

How Sammy Wilson voted on key issues:

  • Voted strongly against more EU integration. 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 for replacing Trident. votes
  • Voted moderately against equal gay rights. votes
  • Voted moderately against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
  • Voted strongly for greater autonomy for schools. votes
  • Voted a mixture of for and against automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
  • Voted for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
  • Voted strongly against introducing ID cards. votes
  • Voted moderately against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
  • Voted moderately against laws to stop climate change. votes
  • Voted moderately for a smoking ban. votes
  • Voted moderately for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
  • Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
  • Voted very strongly for a stricter asylum system. votes
  • Voted moderately against a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
  • Voted a mixture of for and against a transparent Parliament. 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

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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

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Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)

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Debate on the Address: Business and the Economy (14 May 2012)

“It is a great joy to take part in this debate. Back home in Northern Ireland, there has been a lot of criticism of the fact that Northern Ireland was not specifically mentioned in the Queen’s Speech. Newspapers, commentators and politicians have suggested that that is a vast gap in the Queen’s Speech that needs to be filled. I do not share that view, for two reasons. First, I do...”

Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [1st Day] (9 May 2012)

“Banking reform is important for the United Kingdom as a whole but especially important for Northern Ireland. We have a dysfunctional banking system, because so many banks have been caught up with bad property loans and so on. Does my right hon. Friend agree with me and people in Northern Ireland that the Government need to focus more on how measures to ease banking will affect banks in...”

Northern Ireland Assembly: Finance and Personnel: Government: External Consultancy (30 Apr 2012)

“In relation to any irregular spend, not just an external consultancy, the procedures to be followed are well established. Where it is found that any expenditure, including expenditure on external consultancy, has been incurred without prior approval or in excess of approved levels, that is then reported immediately to the Audit Office. The Audit Office, which has a very important role in...”

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Numerology

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  • Has spoken in 33 debates in the last year — average amongst MPs.
  • Has received answers to 20 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 37.04% 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") 192 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)

Register of Members’ Interests

2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Payments as Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly, Parliament Buildings, Stormont, Belfast, and Minister for Finance and Personnel:
27 May 2011, received £1,400. (Registered 5 March 2012)
27 June 2011, received £1,400. (Registered 5 March 2012)
27 July 2011, received £1,400. (Registered 5 March 2012)
27 August 2011, received £1,400. (Registered 5 March 2012)
27 September 2011, received £1,400. (Registered 5 March 2012)
27 October 2011, received £1,400. (Registered 5 March 2012)
27 November 2011, received £1,400. (Registered 5 March 2012)
27 December 2011, received £1,400. (Registered 5 March 2012)
27 January 2012, received £1,400. (Registered 5 March 2012)
27 February 2012, received £1,400. (Registered 5 March 2012)

Register last updated: 30 Apr 2012. 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 – 2008/09 and 1st quarter 2009/10 receipts.

Type2008/09 (ranking out of 647)2007/08 (ranking out of 645)2006/07 (ranking out of 645)2005/062004/052003/042002/032001/02
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).