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Alistair Strathern vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith

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

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Alistair Strathern
Lab Hitchin
vs
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Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Con Chingford and Woodford Green

Voting alignment

Alistair Strathern and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 411 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 402 different votes 411 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
14 Aye 8 No
Benefits 9% aligned 22 shared votes
6 Aye 16 No
8 Aye 8 No
Transport 6% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No
28 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 52 shared votes
22 Aye 30 No
8 Aye 25 No
Migration 3% aligned 33 shared votes
24 Aye 9 No
62 Aye 28 No
Tax 1% aligned 90 shared votes
27 Aye 63 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 30 shared votes
8 Aye 22 No
17 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
5 Aye 19 No
7 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 14 shared votes
4 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

78.8 %
6 % above average
Rank 230 of 647
Participation
81.6 %
9 % above average
Rank 172 of 647
564
716 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,903
2,333 eligible divisions
291
51.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
871
45.8 % of votes cast
273
48.4 % of votes cast
No votes
1,032
54.2 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
41
2.2 % of votes cast
2 years, 8 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
34 years, 2 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

57
-9.2 vs Commons average
Rank 314 of 650
Appearances
83
+16.8 vs Commons average
Rank 162 of 650
66
-51.8 vs Commons average
Rank 400 of 650
Contributions
153
+35.2 vs Commons average
Rank 139 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£379,404
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£295,499
31 % above average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
11
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

Benefits
31 of 31 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
208 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 8 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 66 votes
Devolution / Local Government
25 of 26 votes
#4
Migration
152 of 169 votes
Energy
21 of 22 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
197 of 229 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 21 Feb 2024
Tax
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
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