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Chris Bloore vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith

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

Photograph of Chris Bloore
Chris Bloore
Lab Redditch
vs
Photograph of Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Con Chingford and Woodford Green

Voting alignment

Chris Bloore and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 325 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 320 different votes 325 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
10 Aye 7 No
Benefits 18% aligned 17 shared votes
4 Aye 13 No
15 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 36 shared votes
19 Aye 17 No
36 Aye 19 No
Tax 0% aligned 55 shared votes
19 Aye 36 No
22 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
9 Aye 22 No
24 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
4 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 19 No
Tax 0% aligned 55 shared votes
19 Aye 36 No
22 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
9 Aye 22 No
24 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
4 Aye 24 No
10 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 13 No
Transport 0% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

71.9%
same as average
Rank 383 of 650
Participation
81.2%
9% above average
Rank 170 of 650
454
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,962
2,417 eligible divisions
220
48.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
898
45.8% of votes cast
234
51.5% of votes cast
No votes
1,064
54.2% of votes cast
2
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.1% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

112
+17.5 vs Commons average
Rank 172 of 650
Appearances
98
+3.5 vs Commons average
Rank 232 of 650
127
-37.5 vs Commons average
Rank 304 of 650
Contributions
158
-6.5 vs Commons average
Rank 225 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£167,691
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£167,691
26% below average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
8
3 registered categories
1
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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
209 of 212 votes
Migration
12 of 13 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
Energy
18 of 20 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Trade
9 of 10 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 10 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
198 of 234 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Where they voted the same
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 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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API