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Ashley Dalton 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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Ashley Dalton
Lab West Lancashire
vs
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Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Con Chingford and Woodford Green

Voting alignment

Ashley Dalton and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 451 shared comparable votes.

22 same votes 429 different votes 451 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
7 Aye 7 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
20 Aye 53 No
Migration 5% aligned 73 shared votes
49 Aye 24 No
22 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 49 shared votes
27 Aye 22 No
44 Aye 24 No
Tax 1% aligned 68 shared votes
23 Aye 45 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 No
17 Aye 5 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
5 Aye 17 No
14 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No
12 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
11 Aye 6 No
Energy 0% aligned 17 shared votes
6 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

63.6%
9% below average
Rank 532 of 649
Participation
81.4%
9% above average
Rank 172 of 649
590
928 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
277
46.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
887
45.8% of votes cast
313
53.1% of votes cast
No votes
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
5
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.1% of votes cast
3 years, 7 months
Since 9 Feb 2023
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

47
-36.7 vs Commons average
Rank 472 of 649
Appearances
99
+15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 174 of 649
111
-34.9 vs Commons average
Rank 310 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

£607,098
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£323,917
43% above average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17% above average
1
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

Brexit / EU
6 of 6 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
208 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
16 of 17 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Migration
79 of 96 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Trade
15 of 19 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Energy
23 of 32 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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 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
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
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
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