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Danny Beales vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith

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

Photograph of Danny Beales
Danny Beales
Lab Uxbridge and South Ruislip
vs
Photograph of Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Con Chingford and Woodford Green

Voting alignment

Danny Beales and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 358 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 351 different votes 358 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 3 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
12 Aye 7 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
24 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 49 shared votes
24 Aye 25 No
55 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 82 shared votes
27 Aye 55 No
25 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
9 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
55 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 82 shared votes
27 Aye 55 No
25 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
9 Aye 25 No
24 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
5 Aye 24 No
12 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
16 Aye 3 No
Housing 0% aligned 19 shared votes
3 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

89.4 %
17 % above average
Rank 31 of 650
Participation
81.6 %
9 % above average
Rank 172 of 650
495
554 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,909
2,340 eligible divisions
262
52.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
876
45.9 % of votes cast
233
47.1 % of votes cast
No votes
1,033
54.1 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
41
2.1 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 2 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

75
+7.2 vs Commons average
Rank 196 of 650
Appearances
84
+16.2 vs Commons average
Rank 163 of 650
99
-21.4 vs Commons average
Rank 267 of 650
Contributions
156
+35.6 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£181,232
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£181,232
20 % below average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17 % above average
1
1 registered category
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

Crime / Justice
61 of 61 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
208 of 211 votes
Education
49 of 49 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 66 votes
Energy
17 of 17 votes
#4
Migration
152 of 169 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
197 of 229 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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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