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Emma Hardy vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith

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

Photograph of Emma Hardy
Emma Hardy
Lab Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice
vs
Photograph of Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Con Chingford and Woodford Green

Voting alignment

Emma Hardy and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,261 shared comparable votes.

54 same votes 1,207 different votes 1,261 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
30 Aye 27 No
Trade 7% aligned 57 shared votes
25 Aye 32 No
15 Aye 16 No
Benefits 6% aligned 31 shared votes
14 Aye 17 No
27 Aye 81 No
Migration 5% aligned 108 shared votes
78 Aye 30 No
13 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No
21 Aye 10 No
Housing 3% aligned 31 shared votes
11 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 57 shared votes
20 Aye 37 No
26 Aye 27 No
Transport 0% aligned 53 shared votes
27 Aye 26 No
25 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 41 shared votes
16 Aye 25 No
21 Aye 18 No
Defence 0% aligned 39 shared votes
18 Aye 21 No
28 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 39 shared votes
11 Aye 28 No

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

Voting record

70.6%
2% below average
Rank 417 of 649
Participation
81.4%
9% above average
Rank 172 of 649
1,497
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
807
53.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
887
45.8% of votes cast
690
46.1% of votes cast
No votes
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
10
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.1% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

80
-3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 268 of 649
Appearances
99
+15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 174 of 649
393
+247.1 vs Commons average
Rank 38 of 649
Contributions
171
+25.1 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,996,509
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£312,134
38% above average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
9
3 registered categories
6
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
63 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
208 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 44 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 52 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Brexit / EU
160 of 188 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 46 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 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
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
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
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
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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