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Emma Lewell vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith

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

Photograph of Emma Lewell
Emma Lewell
Lab South Shields
vs
Photograph of Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Con Chingford and Woodford Green

Voting alignment

Emma Lewell and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,400 shared comparable votes.

90 same votes 1,310 different votes 1,400 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
18 Aye 18 No
Benefits 8% aligned 36 shared votes
15 Aye 21 No
102 Aye 60 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 162 shared votes
61 Aye 101 No
34 Aye 33 No
Trade 6% aligned 67 shared votes
31 Aye 36 No
41 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 58 shared votes
20 Aye 38 No
29 Aye 88 No
Migration 5% aligned 117 shared votes
86 Aye 31 No
Most different by topic
46 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 56 shared votes
10 Aye 46 No
24 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 46 shared votes
22 Aye 24 No
23 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 40 shared votes
17 Aye 23 No
16 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 23 shared votes
7 Aye 16 No
12 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

71.0%
2% below average
Rank 408 of 649
Participation
81.4%
9% above average
Rank 172 of 649
1,686
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
936
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
887
45.8% of votes cast
750
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
36
2.1% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.1% of votes cast
13 years, 4 months
Since 2 May 2013
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

73
-9.3 vs Commons average
Rank 295 of 649
Appearances
96
+13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 186 of 649
75
-68.5 vs Commons average
Rank 420 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

£2,461,712
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£300,553
33% above average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17% above average
10
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
3 registered categories
5
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
64 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
208 of 211 votes
Transport
81 of 95 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Trade
77 of 91 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Education
78 of 96 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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 Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
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
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 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
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