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Dame Siobhain McDonagh vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith

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

Photograph of Dame Siobhain McDonagh
Dame Siobhain McDonagh
Lab Mitcham and Morden
vs
Photograph of Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Con Chingford and Woodford Green

Voting alignment

Dame Siobhain McDonagh and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,102 shared comparable votes.

64 same votes 1,038 different votes 1,102 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
22 Aye 30 No
Trade 12% aligned 52 shared votes
26 Aye 26 No
9 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
23 Aye 15 No
Benefits 5% aligned 38 shared votes
13 Aye 25 No
95 Aye 49 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 144 shared votes
48 Aye 96 No
9 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
98 Aye 54 No
Tax 0% aligned 152 shared votes
54 Aye 98 No
30 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 43 shared votes
13 Aye 30 No
21 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 37 shared votes
16 Aye 21 No
20 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
10 Aye 20 No
14 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

55.2%
17% below average
Rank 606 of 649
Participation
81.4%
9% above average
Rank 172 of 649
1,312
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
749
57.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
887
45.8% of votes cast
563
42.9% of votes cast
No votes
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
21
1.6% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.1% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

39
-43.3 vs Commons average
Rank 505 of 649
Appearances
96
+13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 186 of 649
33
-110.5 vs Commons average
Rank 564 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

£2,918,854
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£292,669
29% above average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
9
3 registered categories
9
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
147 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
208 of 211 votes
Transport
64 of 95 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Education
64 of 96 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Foreign Affairs
45 of 69 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Trade
59 of 91 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
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
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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