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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 431 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 422 different votes 431 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
9 Aye 10 No
Transport 5% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 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 30 No
Tax 1% aligned 92 shared votes
29 Aye 63 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 30 shared votes
8 Aye 22 No
18 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No
21 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
5 Aye 21 No
9 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 8 No
Energy 0% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

79.2 %
6 % above average
Rank 219 of 649
Participation
81.5 %
9 % above average
Rank 173 of 649
589
744 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,925
2,361 eligible divisions
304
51.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
882
45.8 % of votes cast
285
48.4 % of votes cast
No votes
1,043
54.2 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
41
2.1 % of votes cast
2 years, 10 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
34 years, 4 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

60
-17.9 vs Commons average
Rank 363 of 650
Appearances
93
+15.1 vs Commons average
Rank 172 of 650
69
-69.3 vs Commons average
Rank 421 of 650
Contributions
171
+32.7 vs Commons average
Rank 152 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
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
10
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
11 of 11 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
153 of 171 votes
Energy
24 of 25 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
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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