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Alison McGovern vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Alison McGovern and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,368 shared comparable votes.

51 same votes 1,317 different votes 1,368 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
32 Aye 27 No
Trade 8% aligned 59 shared votes
26 Aye 33 No
26 Aye 10 No
Energy 6% aligned 36 shared votes
12 Aye 24 No
38 Aye 91 No
Migration 5% aligned 129 shared votes
86 Aye 43 No
32 Aye 14 No
Benefits 4% aligned 46 shared votes
12 Aye 34 No
11 Aye 16 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 53 shared votes
19 Aye 34 No
36 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 50 shared votes
14 Aye 36 No
22 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 43 shared votes
21 Aye 22 No
13 Aye 19 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No
22 Aye 8 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 30 shared votes
8 Aye 22 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

70.0%
3% below average
Rank 432 of 649
Participation
81.4%
9% above average
Rank 172 of 649
1,663
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
922
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
887
45.8% of votes cast
741
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.1% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

63
-20.7 vs Commons average
Rank 355 of 649
Appearances
99
+15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 174 of 649
430
+284.1 vs Commons average
Rank 29 of 649
Contributions
171
+25.1 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,989,850
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£303,304
34% above average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
9
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
208 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Migration
145 of 171 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API