At a glanceSammy Wilson is a Democratic Unionist Party MP for East Antrim, and has represented the seat for 21 years, 2 months. They have cast 299 votes in Commons divisions (52% attendance), tabled 558 written questions and registered 2 financial interests.
Attendance is votes cast as a share of the 575 Commons divisions since the 2024 election; Sammy Wilson did not vote in 274. A rebellion is a vote against the way most of their own party voted; free votes, where no party line applies, are left out.
Party-loyalty figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Biography
Current roles
- Environmental Audit Committee Committee since 24 Feb 2025
- Speaker's Conference (2024) Committee since 18 Dec 2024
- East Antrim Representation · Elected 1 time since 4 Jul 2024
- Democratic Unionist Party Party since 5 May 2005
Voting record
Voting alignment
Votes most like
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Tom Tugendhat
Conservative
98.8% · 158 of 160 shared votes
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Gavin Robinson
Democratic Unionist Party
98.6% · 215 of 218 shared votes
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Mr Gregory Campbell
Democratic Unionist Party
98.6% · 213 of 216 shared votes
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Carla Lockhart
Democratic Unionist Party
98.5% · 194 of 197 shared votes
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David Reed
Conservative
98.4% · 187 of 190 shared votes
Votes least like
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Rachel Reeves
Labour
0.0% · 0 of 52 shared votes
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Mr Douglas Alexander
Labour (Co-op)
3.7% · 6 of 161 shared votes
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Sarah Champion
Labour
3.9% · 8 of 206 shared votes
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Jodie Gosling
Labour
4.0% · 9 of 225 shared votes
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John Healey
Labour
4.0% · 4 of 100 shared votes
Alignment figures are our own analysis of the official voting records (recorded votes only; they do not describe the formal whip). How we work this out.
Register of financial interests
From the official Register; shown as registered.
Visits outside the UK1
- International visit to Israel between 23 October 2025 and 30 October 2025 (registered 12 Nov 2025)
Miscellaneous1
- Board Member of the Centre for Brexit Policy. This is an unpaid role. (registered 2 Feb 2022)
Written questions
Gambling: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the adequacy of the Gambling Commission’s licensing checks in identifying whether gambling software providers supply unlicensed gambling websites.
Answer · 13 Jul 2026
The Gambling Commission, as the independent regulator for gambling, has responsibility for making decisions around licensing. As part of its regulatory approach, the Gambling Commission assesses applicants against the statutory licensing objectives and ma...
Warm Homes Plan
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will work with the Northern Ireland Executive to ensure that low-carbon and sustainable heating technologies other than heat pumps are included within the final capital support framewor
Answer · 3 Jul 2026
The Department is committed to working collaboratively with the Northern Ireland Executive on the delivery of the Warm Homes Plan (WHP), recognising the distinct housing stock and energy needs across the UK. The WHP supports a range of low‑carbon heating ...
Armenia: Conscientious Objectors
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with her Armenian counterpart on access to alternative civilian service for religious conscientious objectors.
Answer · 29 Jun 2026
Decisions about exemptions and other issues relating to military service in Armenia are the responsibility of the government of Armenia.
Dementia: Palliative Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Modern Service Framework for Palliative and End of Life Care will include condition specific measures to address the palliative and end of life care needs of people living with dementia
Answer · 29 Jun 2026
We are working closely with a range of stakeholders, including Dementia UK, on the development of the Modern Service Framework (MSF) for Palliative Care and End-of-Life Care. We recently published an interim update on the MSF, which is available at the fo...
Dementia: Palliative Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will commit to the Modern Service Framework for Palliative and End of Life Care including guidance on ensuring reviewed advance care planning for people living with dementia.
Answer · 29 Jun 2026
We are working closely with a range of stakeholders, including Dementia UK, on the development of the Modern Service Framework (MSF) for Palliative Care and End-of-Life Care. We recently published an interim update on the MSF, which is available at the fo...
Kyrgyzstan: Baptist Church
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with the Government of Kyrgyzstan on registration requirements affecting Council of Churches Baptist congregations and their ability to me
Answer · 18 Jun 2026
The UK champions Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB) for all, including in Kyrgyzstan. On 8 July, the UK's Special Envoy for Religious Freedom, David Smith MP, set out the Government's new strategy on FoRB, providing a framework for engagement with other...
Hepatitis: Compensation
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, Will the Paymaster confirm how many chronic Hepatitis B and chronic Hepatitis C victims received their compensation and how many do the IBCA intend to review because of administrative mistakes on the redefinitio
Answer · 23 Jun 2026
The Infected Blood Compensation Authority (IBCA) continuously seeks to improve and add detail as it learns from real claims. On clinical matters, IBCA seeks regular advice from clinical advisers to ensure that their approach adequately reflects clinical u...
Cuba: Christianity
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has made representations to her Cuban counterpart on (a) the detention of Jonathan Muir Burgos and (b) the Christian community in the last 12 months.
Answer · 9 Jun 2026
I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided on 8 June in response to Question 5332.
Early day motions
| 20 Jun 2025 | Christian persecution in Taraba State, Nigeria | 6 sig. |
| 17 Jun 2025 | Christian persecution in Nasarawa State, Nigeria | 8 sig. |
| 2 Jun 2025 | Direct flights to North Cyprus | 3 sig. |
| 1 May 2024 | Larne Football Club | 4 sig. |
| 10 Jul 2023 | Craigyhill bonfire | 3 sig. |
| 18 Apr 2023 | Larne Football Club | 6 sig. |
Speeches in the chamber
8 Jul 2026 Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Trade Costs
The Secretary of State will be well aware of the importance of the logistics industry in Northern Ireland, and also of the burdens that are falling on it at present because of the Brexit arrangements, which have pushed up costs, led to del…
8 Jul 2026 Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Trade Costs
6. What discussions he has had with representatives of the logistics industry on the cost of trade between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
8 Jul 2026 Draft Batteries (Placing on the Market) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
Will the Minister give way? She has just insulted my colleague.
8 Jul 2026 Draft Batteries (Placing on the Market) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
I was elected to this Parliament, and the concern I have expressed is my concern as a parliamentarian. On the consultations, let us not forget that people are not fully aware of the impact of proposals until after it has all happened. M…
8 Jul 2026 Draft Batteries (Placing on the Market) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
A lot of my points have already been made by my colleague, the hon. and learned Member for North Antrim. Once again, we have regulations going through this House that drive a wedge between Northern Ireland and the rest of the United Kingdo…
8 Jul 2026 Draft Batteries (Placing on the Market) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
Will the Minister give way?
30 Jun 2026 Steel Tariffs: Northern Ireland
The Minister may have met representatives of the industry, but the question is: has he even listened to their concerns? They still say that the problems caused by his imposition of tariffs will abide with the industry. He said that he is r…
30 Jun 2026 Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
Not only have we not had a hand in putting them together, but we have not even done an impact assessment, and we have not done an impact assessment because that is out of scope, as this is part of the Windsor framework. Of course, there is…
30 Jun 2026 Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
The standards applied to machinery made in Northern Ireland will be different from those applied in other parts of the United Kingdom. The hon. Member asks about the detail, but very often we do not know the cost until we actually have to …
30 Jun 2026 Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
This piece of legislation may seem innocuous, but it is yet another example of the wedges being driven between one part of the United Kingdom and another part of the United Kingdom—wedges not just in regulations, but in their practical ef…
29 Jun 2026 Northern Ireland Office
Would the right hon. Member accept that international trade is much different than trade within the country that we belong to? If the impediments are stopping trade within our own country, of course that is much more serious than companies…
29 Jun 2026 Northern Ireland Office
I accept the argument that the Secretary of State is making. I served on the Northern Ireland Policing Board during the change from the Royal Ulster Constabulary to the PSNI, and was on the finance committee of the board. We had continual …
29 Jun 2026 Northern Ireland Office
I want to start by thanking the Chair of the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee, the hon. Member for Gower (Tonia Antoniazzi), for the work of her Committee and for the diligence she has applied to the job she has taken on. It is deeply a…
29 Jun 2026 Northern Ireland Office
Does the hon. Member accept that the Northern Ireland Fiscal Council has also said that, if spending allocations to the Executive were based on need, the Executive would be entitled to receive between £1 billion and £3.5 billion extra, whi…
29 Jun 2026 Cabinet Office
Does the hon. Member accept that there is a certain irony when the same people who are concerned about climate change and temperatures rising have campaigned for air conditioning to be taken out of buildings because of its energy consumpti…
29 Jun 2026 Asylum Accommodation
People have a right to be angry that the Government have sought to impose hundreds of asylum seekers on their communities without consultation. The Minister has talked today about the deterrent factor. When we spend billions accommodating …
22 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill
Will the Minister give way?
22 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill
Will the Minister give way?
22 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill
I do not know who advised that, or whether it was the Northern Ireland Office, because of course it is prone to trying to avoid any conflict with Sinn Féin when it comes to policies. If it was, I hope that this will be seriously thought ab…
22 Jun 2026 Armed Forces Bill
Most speakers tonight have talked about the duty of care that we owe to those who put themselves in harm’s way for the people of the United Kingdom. Those of us who come from Northern Ireland or represent Northern Ireland know that that is…
Source: contributions on parliament.uk.
Full parliamentary career
Opposition posts
- Shadow DUP Spokesperson (Brexit) · Opposition Department 1 Jul 2017 – 30 May 2024
- Shadow DUP Spokesperson (Treasury) · Opposition Department 8 May 2015 – 30 May 2024
- Shadow DUP Spokesperson (Work and Pensions) · Opposition Department 8 May 2015 – 30 May 2024
- Shadow DUP Spokesperson (Education) · Opposition Department 8 May 2015 – 8 Jun 2017
- Shadow DUP Spokesperson (Treasury) · Opposition Department 12 May 2010 – 30 Mar 2015
- Shadow Spokesperson (Education) · Department for Education 12 May 2010 – 30 Mar 2012
- Shadow Spokesperson (Education) · Department for Education 1 Jun 2007 – 1 Jun 2010
- Shadow Spokesperson (Treasury) · HM Treasury 1 Jun 2009 – 6 May 2010
- Shadow Spokesperson (Communities and Local Government) · Department for Communities and Local Government 1 Jun 2007 – 1 Jun 2009
- Shadow Spokesperson (Innovation, Universities and Skills) 1 Jun 2007 – 1 Jun 2008
- Shadow Spokesperson (Communities and Local Government) · Department for Communities and Local Government 1 Jun 2005 – 1 Jun 2007
- Shadow Spokesperson (Education) · Department for Education 1 Jun 2003 – 1 Jun 2007
Committee memberships
- European Scrutiny Committee 23 Apr 2024 – 30 May 2024
- Space Industry (Indemnities) Bill 1 May 2024 – 8 May 2024
- Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill 18 Jan 2023 – 25 Jan 2023
- Cultural Objects (Protection From Seizure) Bill 9 Nov 2021 – 17 Nov 2021
- Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union 11 Sep 2017 – 6 Nov 2019
- Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union 31 Oct 2016 – 3 May 2017
- Transport Committee 10 Nov 2008 – 9 Nov 2009
- Northern Ireland Affairs Committee 12 Jul 2005 – 10 Nov 2008
Previous seats
- East Antrim · Elected 4 times 6 May 2010 – 30 May 2024
- East Antrim · Elected 1 time 5 May 2005 – 6 May 2010
Elections contested
- East Antrim 7 Jun 2001
- Strangford 9 Apr 1992
Expenses
Contact & offices
020 7219 8523
Parliamentary office
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Constituency office
East Antrim DUP, 116 Main Street, Larne, BT40 1RG
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about Sammy Wilson, answered from official Parliament data.
Who is Sammy Wilson?
Sammy Wilson is a Member of Parliament representing East Antrim in the House of Commons. See Sammy Wilson's official Parliament profile.
Which party does Sammy Wilson represent?
Sammy Wilson sits as Democratic Unionist Party. See Sammy Wilson's official Parliament profile.
Which constituency does Sammy Wilson represent?
Sammy Wilson is the Member of Parliament for East Antrim. See Sammy Wilson's official Parliament profile.
How long has Sammy Wilson been an MP?
Sammy Wilson has served in the House of Commons for 21 years, 2 months. See Sammy Wilson's official Parliament profile.
What registered interests are listed for Sammy Wilson?
Sammy Wilson has 2 entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests. See Sammy Wilson's official Parliament profile.
Source: this MP's official Parliament profile. Last updated 26 Jul 2026.