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Chris Bryant vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith

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

Photograph of Chris Bryant
Chris Bryant
Lab Rhondda and Ogmore
vs
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Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Con Chingford and Woodford Green

Voting alignment

Chris Bryant and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,316 shared comparable votes.

54 same votes 1,262 different votes 1,316 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
37 Aye 30 No
Trade 9% aligned 67 shared votes
30 Aye 37 No
23 Aye 14 No
Benefits 5% aligned 37 shared votes
12 Aye 25 No
27 Aye 10 No
Energy 5% aligned 37 shared votes
12 Aye 25 No
11 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
35 Aye 24 No
Foreign Affairs 3% aligned 59 shared votes
22 Aye 37 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 30 No
Transport 0% aligned 57 shared votes
30 Aye 27 No
23 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 46 shared votes
23 Aye 23 No
26 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 43 shared votes
17 Aye 26 No
31 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 43 shared votes
12 Aye 31 No
9 Aye 20 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

66.0%
7% below average
Rank 501 of 649
Participation
81.4%
9% above average
Rank 172 of 649
1,567
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
891
56.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
887
45.8% of votes cast
676
43.1% 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
25 years, 4 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

84
+0.3 vs Commons average
Rank 242 of 649
Appearances
99
+15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 174 of 649
452
+306.1 vs Commons average
Rank 27 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

£2,807,799
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£277,046
22% above average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
3 registered categories
5
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

Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
208 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
179 of 211 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Defence
52 of 71 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
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
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
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 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
Motion to sit in private 21 Feb 2024
Tax
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sept 2023
Aye
No
Illegal Migration Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 102B 17 Jul 2023
Migration
No
No
Illegal Migration Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 56B 17 Jul 2023
Migration
No
No
Holocaust Memorial Bill: Instruction (Amendment a) 28 Jun 2023
No
No
Motion to sit in private 16 Jan 2023
Tax
No
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