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Dr Scott Arthur vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith

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


Voting alignment

Dr Scott Arthur and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 355 shared comparable votes.

20 same votes 335 different votes 355 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
1 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
11 Aye 8 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No
22 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 45 shared votes
22 Aye 23 No
50 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
26 Aye 50 No
Most different by topic
50 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
26 Aye 50 No
25 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
9 Aye 25 No
13 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 11 No
Transport 0% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

82.2%
10% above average
Rank 154 of 649
Participation
81.4%
9% above average
Rank 172 of 649
485
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
237
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
887
45.8% of votes cast
248
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
12
2.5% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

179
+96.7 vs Commons average
Rank 30 of 649
Appearances
96
+13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 186 of 649
283
+139.5 vs Commons average
Rank 65 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

£173,383
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£173,383
23% below average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17% above average
4
2 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

NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
208 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Benefits
28 of 30 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Defence
31 of 34 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 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