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Graham Stringer vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith

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

Photograph of Graham Stringer
Graham Stringer
Lab Blackley and Middleton South
vs
Photograph of Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Con Chingford and Woodford Green

Voting alignment

Graham Stringer and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 14% of the time, based on 1,152 shared comparable votes.

158 same votes 994 different votes 1,152 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
46 Aye 59 No
Brexit / EU 65% aligned 105 shared votes
37 Aye 68 No
23 Aye 22 No
Trade 20% aligned 45 shared votes
19 Aye 26 No
21 Aye 33 No
Transport 9% aligned 54 shared votes
30 Aye 24 No
18 Aye 20 No
Defence 8% aligned 38 shared votes
17 Aye 21 No
17 Aye 11 No
Benefits 7% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 42 shared votes
13 Aye 29 No
28 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 42 shared votes
14 Aye 28 No
9 Aye 20 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 15 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

57.7%
14% below average
Rank 577 of 649
Participation
81.5%
10% above average
Rank 169 of 649
1,366
2,368 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,930
2,368 eligible divisions
683
50.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
885
45.9% of votes cast
683
50.0% of votes cast
No votes
1,045
54.1% of votes cast
112
8.2% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.1% of votes cast
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

57
-23.0 vs Commons average
Rank 384 of 649
Appearances
94
+14.0 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 649
43
-96.4 vs Commons average
Rank 526 of 649
Contributions
172
+32.6 vs Commons average
Rank 161 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,011,354
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£160,334
29% below average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
3 registered categories
1
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

Migration
123 of 171 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
208 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
40 of 56 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
47 of 69 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 66 votes
Housing
44 of 66 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Defence
47 of 71 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
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
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 20 Jan 2026
Defence
No
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
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