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Andrew Western vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith

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


Voting alignment

Andrew Western and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 536 shared comparable votes.

18 same votes 518 different votes 536 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
5 Aye 3 No
Transport 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
13 Aye 8 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
6 Aye 15 No
4 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
18 Aye 44 No
Migration 5% aligned 62 shared votes
41 Aye 21 No
30 Aye 37 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 67 shared votes
36 Aye 31 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 40 shared votes
9 Aye 31 No
16 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 No
17 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
9 Aye 19 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
16 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

73.2%
1% above average
Rank 357 of 649
Participation
81.4%
9% above average
Rank 172 of 649
712
973 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
348
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
887
45.8% of votes cast
364
51.1% 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
3 years, 9 months
Since 15 Dec 2022
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

45
-37.3 vs Commons average
Rank 478 of 649
Appearances
96
+13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 186 of 649
298
+154.5 vs Commons average
Rank 58 of 649
Contributions
167
+23.5 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£577,200
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£255,721
13% above average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17% above average
8
1 registered category
Registered interests
9
3 registered categories
0
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

Democracy / Parliament
17 of 17 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
208 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
6 of 6 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Benefits
31 of 35 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Education
50 of 58 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