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Andy McDonald vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith

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

Photograph of Andy McDonald
Andy McDonald
Lab Middlesbrough and Thornaby East
vs
Photograph of Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Con Chingford and Woodford Green

Voting alignment

Andy McDonald and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,471 shared comparable votes.

74 same votes 1,397 different votes 1,471 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
31 Aye 27 No
Trade 7% aligned 58 shared votes
25 Aye 33 No
30 Aye 19 No
Benefits 6% aligned 49 shared votes
16 Aye 33 No
31 Aye 96 No
Migration 6% aligned 127 shared votes
91 Aye 36 No
28 Aye 17 No
Housing 4% aligned 45 shared votes
19 Aye 26 No
17 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 33 No
Transport 0% aligned 64 shared votes
33 Aye 31 No
44 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 56 shared votes
12 Aye 44 No
28 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 53 shared votes
25 Aye 28 No
28 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 52 shared votes
24 Aye 28 No
23 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 41 shared votes
18 Aye 23 No

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

Voting record

75.5%
3% above average
Rank 298 of 649
Participation
81.4%
9% above average
Rank 172 of 649
1,794
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
996
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
887
45.8% of votes cast
798
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
23
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.1% of votes cast
13 years, 9 months
Since 29 Nov 2012
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

89
+6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 216 of 649
Appearances
96
+13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 186 of 649
118
-25.5 vs Commons average
Rank 275 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

£2,505,391
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£296,890
31% above average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17% above average
4
2 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

Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
208 of 211 votes
Defence
65 of 71 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Transport
81 of 95 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
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
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
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