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James MacCleary vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith

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


Voting alignment

James MacCleary and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 73% of the time, based on 263 shared comparable votes.

191 same votes 72 different votes 263 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
5 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
9 Aye 20 No
Education 97% aligned 29 shared votes
8 Aye 21 No
18 Aye 39 No
Tax 95% aligned 57 shared votes
15 Aye 42 No
3 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 89% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 9 No
Defence 88% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 2 No
Migration 0% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 40% aligned 5 shared votes
0 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 1 No
Energy 43% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 67% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

61.7%
11% below average
Rank 561 of 649
Participation
81.4%
9% above average
Rank 172 of 649
364
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
189
51.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
887
45.8% of votes cast
175
48.1% of votes cast
No votes
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
1
0.3% 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

90
+7.7 vs Commons average
Rank 209 of 649
Appearances
96
+13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 186 of 649
99
-44.5 vs Commons average
Rank 337 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

£188,021
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£188,021
17% below average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17% above average
6
4 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

Housing
27 of 32 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
208 of 211 votes
Benefits
24 of 30 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 67 votes
NHS / Health
8 of 11 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Education
36 of 50 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API