Compare

Darren Jones vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith

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

Photograph of Darren Jones
Darren Jones
Lab Bristol North West
vs
Photograph of Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Con Chingford and Woodford Green

Voting alignment

Darren Jones and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,161 shared comparable votes.

53 same votes 1,108 different votes 1,161 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 28 No
Trade 7% aligned 59 shared votes
26 Aye 33 No
12 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No
39 Aye 90 No
Migration 6% aligned 129 shared votes
86 Aye 43 No
19 Aye 16 No
Benefits 6% aligned 35 shared votes
14 Aye 21 No
11 Aye 11 No
Housing 5% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 56 shared votes
21 Aye 35 No
23 Aye 20 No
Transport 0% aligned 43 shared votes
20 Aye 23 No
18 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 35 shared votes
17 Aye 18 No
25 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
9 Aye 25 No
10 Aye 16 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

65.2%
7% below average
Rank 516 of 649
Participation
81.4%
9% above average
Rank 172 of 649
1,383
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
763
55.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
887
45.8% of votes cast
620
44.8% of votes cast
No votes
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
5
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.1% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

50
-34.8 vs Commons average
Rank 454 of 650
Appearances
99
+14.2 vs Commons average
Rank 185 of 650
599
+451.3 vs Commons average
Rank 12 of 650
Contributions
171
+23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 174 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,991,343
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£327,479
45% above average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
3 registered categories
4
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
62 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
208 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
166 of 188 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Migration
142 of 163 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 46 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 44 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: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 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
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
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