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Andy Slaughter vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith

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

Photograph of Andy Slaughter
Andy Slaughter
Lab Hammersmith and Chiswick
vs
Photograph of Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Con Chingford and Woodford Green

Voting alignment

Andy Slaughter and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,602 shared comparable votes.

58 same votes 1,544 different votes 1,602 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
34 Aye 31 No
Trade 6% aligned 65 shared votes
29 Aye 36 No
38 Aye 100 No
Migration 5% aligned 138 shared votes
95 Aye 43 No
29 Aye 14 No
Energy 5% aligned 43 shared votes
16 Aye 27 No
31 Aye 19 No
Benefits 4% aligned 50 shared votes
17 Aye 33 No
18 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 32 shared votes
15 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
48 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 63 shared votes
15 Aye 48 No
37 Aye 23 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 60 shared votes
23 Aye 37 No
30 Aye 26 No
Defence 0% aligned 56 shared votes
26 Aye 30 No
30 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 54 shared votes
24 Aye 30 No
10 Aye 20 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

81.8%
9% above average
Rank 161 of 649
Participation
81.4%
9% above average
Rank 172 of 649
1,944
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
1,077
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
887
45.8% of votes cast
867
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.1% of votes cast
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

84
+0.3 vs Commons average
Rank 243 of 649
Appearances
99
+15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 174 of 649
119
-26.9 vs Commons average
Rank 275 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

£2,905,788
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£285,386
26% above average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17% above average
1
1 registered category
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

Housing
65 of 67 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
208 of 211 votes
Defence
68 of 71 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 67 votes
NHS / Health
53 of 56 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Work / Employment
72 of 77 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 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
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 21 Feb 2024
Tax
No
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