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Fred Thomas vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith

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

Photograph of Fred Thomas
Fred Thomas
Lab Plymouth Moor View
vs
Photograph of Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Con Chingford and Woodford Green

Voting alignment

Fred Thomas and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 323 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 316 different votes 323 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
1 Aye 4 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
12 Aye 5 No
Benefits 12% aligned 17 shared votes
3 Aye 14 No
14 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 21 shared votes
6 Aye 15 No
57 Aye 20 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
20 Aye 57 No
Most different by topic
57 Aye 20 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
20 Aye 57 No
22 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
9 Aye 22 No
28 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
2 Aye 28 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
11 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

68.5%
4% below average
Rank 447 of 650
Participation
81.2%
9% above average
Rank 170 of 650
432
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,962
2,417 eligible divisions
252
58.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
898
45.8% of votes cast
180
41.7% of votes cast
No votes
1,064
54.2% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.1% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

55
-39.5 vs Commons average
Rank 458 of 650
Appearances
98
+3.5 vs Commons average
Rank 232 of 650
77
-87.5 vs Commons average
Rank 455 of 650
Contributions
158
-6.5 vs Commons average
Rank 225 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£225,625
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£225,625
same as average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
8
3 registered categories
0
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

Housing
31 of 32 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
209 of 212 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 10 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
Foreign Affairs
15 of 17 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Tax
97 of 121 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
198 of 234 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
No
Where they voted the same
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
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion 3 Dec 2024
No
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