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Brian Mathew vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith

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


Voting alignment

Brian Mathew and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 80% of the time, based on 284 shared comparable votes.

227 same votes 57 different votes 284 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
19 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 55 shared votes
19 Aye 36 No
8 Aye 20 No
Education 96% aligned 28 shared votes
7 Aye 21 No
3 Aye 10 No
Devolution / Local Government 92% aligned 13 shared votes
2 Aye 11 No
3 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 86% aligned 22 shared votes
2 Aye 20 No
7 Aye 9 No
Defence 81% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 2 No
Migration 0% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 63% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 67% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

65.8%
7% below average
Rank 505 of 649
Participation
81.4%
9% above average
Rank 172 of 649
388
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
196
50.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
887
45.8% of votes cast
192
49.5% of votes cast
No votes
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
13
3.4% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

80
-1.8 vs Commons average
Rank 258 of 649
Appearances
96
+14.2 vs Commons average
Rank 185 of 649
90
-52.5 vs Commons average
Rank 360 of 649
Contributions
167
+24.5 vs Commons average
Rank 168 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£157,740
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£157,740
30% below average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17% above average
4
3 registered categories
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

#1
Brexit / EU
208 of 211 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Housing
28 of 32 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Benefits
25 of 30 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API