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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 298 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 291 different votes 298 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
51 Aye 20 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
20 Aye 51 No
Most different by topic
51 Aye 20 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
20 Aye 51 No
22 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
9 Aye 22 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
25 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
2 Aye 25 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

68.1%
4% below average
Rank 460 of 649
Participation
81.4%
9% above average
Rank 172 of 649
402
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
234
58.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
887
45.8% of votes cast
168
41.8% of votes cast
No votes
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
1
0.2% 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

42
-40.3 vs Commons average
Rank 490 of 649
Appearances
96
+13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 186 of 649
56
-87.5 vs Commons average
Rank 480 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

£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
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
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
208 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Tax
90 of 112 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Defence
27 of 34 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
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
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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