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Dame Nia Griffith vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith

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


Voting alignment

Dame Nia Griffith and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,547 shared comparable votes.

78 same votes 1,469 different votes 1,547 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
31 Aye 15 No
Energy 7% aligned 46 shared votes
18 Aye 28 No
32 Aye 30 No
Trade 6% aligned 62 shared votes
28 Aye 34 No
36 Aye 100 No
Migration 5% aligned 136 shared votes
95 Aye 41 No
23 Aye 19 No
Benefits 5% aligned 42 shared votes
17 Aye 25 No
14 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 32 No
Transport 0% aligned 62 shared votes
32 Aye 30 No
38 Aye 23 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 61 shared votes
23 Aye 38 No
44 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 59 shared votes
15 Aye 44 No
28 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 52 shared votes
24 Aye 28 No
28 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 52 shared votes
24 Aye 28 No

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

Voting record

77.8%
5% above average
Rank 249 of 649
Participation
81.4%
9% above average
Rank 172 of 649
1,849
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
1,023
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
887
45.8% of votes cast
826
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
16
0.9% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.1% of votes cast
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

70
-12.3 vs Commons average
Rank 310 of 649
Appearances
96
+13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 186 of 649
83
-60.5 vs Commons average
Rank 387 of 649
Contributions
167
+23.5 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,805,379
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£279,114
23% above average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17% above average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
9
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

Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
208 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Defence
62 of 71 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Migration
148 of 171 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