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Chris Law 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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Chris Law
SNP Dundee Central
vs
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Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Con Chingford and Woodford Green

Voting alignment

Chris Law and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 1,059 shared comparable votes.

76 same votes 983 different votes 1,059 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 11 No
Energy 28% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
101 Aye 69 No
Tax 24% aligned 170 shared votes
55 Aye 115 No
4 Aye 2 No
Housing 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
22 Aye 8 No
Digital / Online Safety 10% aligned 30 shared votes
7 Aye 23 No
16 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 8% aligned 39 shared votes
22 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 53 shared votes
19 Aye 34 No
11 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
14 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 3 No
Education 0% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No
0 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 7 shared votes
7 Aye 0 No

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

Voting record

51.6 %
21 % below average
Rank 620 of 649
Participation
81.5 %
9 % above average
Rank 173 of 649
1,219
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,925
2,361 eligible divisions
672
55.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
882
45.8 % of votes cast
547
44.9 % of votes cast
No votes
1,043
54.2 % of votes cast
1
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
41
2.1 % of votes cast
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
34 years, 4 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

58
-19.9 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 650
Appearances
93
+15.1 vs Commons average
Rank 172 of 650
67
-71.3 vs Commons average
Rank 429 of 650
Contributions
171
+32.7 vs Commons average
Rank 152 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,467,498
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£345,624
53 % above average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17 % above average
8
4 registered categories
Registered interests
10
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
196 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
208 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Migration
138 of 171 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 66 votes
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 43 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Trade
61 of 91 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
Aye
Pensions Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88A and 88C and propose amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendment 88B 22 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 38 9 Mar 2026
Education
No
Aye
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 37 9 Mar 2026
Education
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 3 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 2 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 23 Mar 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Opposition day: Fuel duty 18 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 6 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
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