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Gareth Snell vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith

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

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Gareth Snell
Lab Stoke-on-Trent Central
vs
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Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Con Chingford and Woodford Green

Voting alignment

Gareth Snell and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 717 shared comparable votes.

42 same votes 675 different votes 717 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
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
17 Aye 6 No
Benefits 9% aligned 23 shared votes
4 Aye 19 No
65 Aye 39 No
Brexit / EU 9% aligned 104 shared votes
34 Aye 70 No
5 Aye 8 No
Migration 8% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
12 Aye 4 No
Foreign Affairs 6% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
79 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 125 shared votes
46 Aye 79 No
31 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 42 shared votes
11 Aye 31 No
26 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
9 Aye 26 No
12 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No
16 Aye 11 No
Trade 0% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

86.8%
14% above average
Rank 61 of 649
Participation
81.4%
9% above average
Rank 172 of 649
512
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
251
49.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
887
45.8% of votes cast
261
51.0% of votes cast
No votes
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
2
0.4% 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

174
+91.7 vs Commons average
Rank 35 of 649
Appearances
96
+13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 186 of 649
267
+123.5 vs Commons average
Rank 73 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

£797,891
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£176,059
22% below average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17% above average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
3 registered categories
4
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

Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
208 of 211 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
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: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
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
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Second Reading: European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill 22 Oct 2019
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
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