East Antrim.

At 98.9% party alignment, Sammy Wilson is one of the DUP's most loyal Westminster voices -- but he broke with his party three times in recent months, voting against two measures extending media merger rules to online publishers and against rent-advance caps for tenants. His 2024 standards investigation also hangs over his record: he apologised to the House in December after failing to declare a relevant interest when tabling parliamentary questions, and separately had to admit a factual error in court over a claim about Sinn Féin in a libel case. Both episodes generated negative BBC coverage and raise questions about transparency.

Wilson participates in 53% of votes -- below the Commons average -- but contributes actively in debate, with 288 contributions across 173 debates. Economy and jobs dominate his speech topics (94 contributions), followed by defence (70) and energy (34). He votes in line with anti-tax and pro-business positions consistently, is firmly opposed to progressive taxation (0% aligned across 26 votes), and backs parliamentary scrutiny at 92%. His stance on tenant and landlord issues sits noticeably below his own party's average -- he is 26 points less aligned than the DUP median on anti-landlord-exploitation votes and 21 points less on tenant rights.

Wilson sits on the Environmental Audit Committee, though his voting record shows only 30% alignment with pro-climate-action positions -- a tension worth noting. He has been vocal on Northern Ireland's post-Brexit trade arrangements, calling on the Chancellor to challenge EU voting processes on the Windsor Framework. News coverage over the past 90 days has been broadly neutral (average sentiment score of 0.04 across 37 articles), covering economy, crime, and environment. Hansard data and voting records are the primary sources here; local casework activity is not captured.