Compare

Claire Hughes vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith

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

Photograph of Claire Hughes
Claire Hughes
Lab Bangor Aberconwy
vs
Photograph of Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Con Chingford and Woodford Green

Voting alignment

Claire Hughes and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 351 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 346 different votes 351 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
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
13 Aye 8 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
6 Aye 15 No
21 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 38 shared votes
16 Aye 22 No
55 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
29 Aye 55 No
25 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
9 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
55 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
29 Aye 55 No
25 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
9 Aye 25 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
17 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
5 Aye 17 No
8 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

90.4 %
18 % above average
Rank 17 of 650
Participation
81.5 %
9 % above average
Rank 174 of 650
510
564 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,916
2,350 eligible divisions
265
52.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
878
45.8 % of votes cast
245
48.0 % of votes cast
No votes
1,038
54.2 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
41
2.1 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 2 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

8
-63.9 vs Commons average
Rank 623 of 650
Appearances
86
+14.1 vs Commons average
Rank 173 of 650
8
-119.6 vs Commons average
Rank 624 of 650
Contributions
160
+32.4 vs Commons average
Rank 151 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£180,797
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£180,797
20 % below average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
11
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

Education
49 of 49 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
208 of 211 votes
Housing
31 of 31 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 66 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#4
Migration
152 of 169 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
197 of 229 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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