MP for East Antrim
“A long-serving DUP MP for East Antrim, notable for strong party loyalty with occasional rebellions on select votes.”
Sammy Wilson is a long-serving Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) Member of Parliament for East Antrim, first elected in 2005. He currently serves on the Environmental Audit Committee (since 2025) and was part of the Speaker's Conference in 2024. Throughout his career he has sat on a range of committees, including European Scrutiny and the Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union, and has held several DUP shadow spokesperson roles.
Sammy Wilson shows very high party loyalty (95-99% range) and voting attendance close to the party average. He has 11 rebel votes against his party. His record places him on a centre-right footing (56/100). On policy, he generally supports stricter immigration controls and a stricter asylum system, opposes bus service regulation and VAT changes, and has supported transgender rights and the Rwanda deportation scheme, while NHS funding and trade union powers show a mixed pattern.
Declared financial interests include two entries: one miscellaneous item and one travel outside the UK.
Generated 21 February 2026
How this MP participates in parliamentary votes. These numbers describe activity, not effectiveness.
How often this MP votes
Democratic Unionist Party average: 58%
The percentage of parliamentary votes (divisions) this MP participated in. MPs may miss votes for legitimate reasons including ministerial duties, constituency work, or illness.
How often this MP votes with their party
Democratic Unionist Party average: 100%
Estimated from voting record, not self-declared. This is a simplified model — real politics is more complex than a single axis.
22 positions
Environmental Audit Committee
Since Feb 2025
Speaker's Conference (2024)
Since Dec 2024
Space Industry (Indemnities) Bill
May 2024 - May 2024
European Scrutiny Committee
Apr 2024 - May 2024
Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill
Jan 2023 - Jan 2023
Cultural Objects (Protection From Seizure) Bill
Nov 2021 - Nov 2021
Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union
Sept 2017 - Nov 2019
Shadow DUP Spokesperson (Brexit)
Jul 2017 - May 2024
Figures include only interests with declared monetary values from the Register of Members' Financial Interests. Some categories (e.g. hospitality, overseas visits) may not have monetary values recorded, so the total may not reflect all declared interests.
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026
NOArmed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13
AYEArmed Forces Bill
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6
AYEArmed Forces Bill
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5
AYEArmed Forces Bill
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2
AYEArmed Forces Bill
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i)
AYEPension Schemes Bill: Government Motion relating to Lords Reason 88X
NOCollective Defined Contribution Pension Schemes Bill
Privilege
AYENorthern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over (Motion)
NONorthern Ireland Troubles Bill
Pension Schemes Bill: Motion relating to Lords Reason 88Q
NOCollective Defined Contribution Pension Schemes Bill
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Motion relating to Lords Amendments 85, 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 etc
NOEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
Environmental Audit Committee
Parliamentary role · 24 Feb 2025
Speaker's Conference (2024)
Parliamentary role · 18 Dec 2024
Space Industry (Indemnities) Bill
Parliamentary role · 1 May 2024
European Scrutiny Committee
Parliamentary role · 23 Apr 2024
The percentage of votes where this MP voted the same way as the majority of their party. High loyalty is typical; most MPs vote with their party on most issues.
Rebel votes
Times this MP voted differently from the majority of their party. This can reflect independent judgement, but context matters — some rebel votes are on procedural matters, others on major policy.
