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Jeff Smith vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith

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

Photograph of Jeff Smith
Jeff Smith
Lab Manchester Withington
vs
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Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Con Chingford and Woodford Green

Voting alignment

Jeff Smith and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,273 shared comparable votes.

55 same votes 1,218 different votes 1,273 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
28 Aye 89 No
Migration 7% aligned 117 shared votes
85 Aye 32 No
24 Aye 15 No
Energy 5% aligned 39 shared votes
17 Aye 22 No
23 Aye 19 No
Benefits 5% aligned 42 shared votes
17 Aye 25 No
19 Aye 27 No
Transport 4% aligned 46 shared votes
29 Aye 17 No
11 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 20 No
Defence 0% aligned 47 shared votes
20 Aye 27 No
23 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 44 shared votes
21 Aye 23 No
29 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 42 shared votes
13 Aye 29 No
27 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 40 shared votes
13 Aye 27 No
12 Aye 19 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 31 shared votes
19 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

79.6%
7% above average
Rank 208 of 649
Participation
81.4%
9% above average
Rank 172 of 649
1,891
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
1,028
54.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
887
45.8% of votes cast
863
45.6% of votes cast
No votes
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.1% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

55
-28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 421 of 649
Appearances
99
+15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 174 of 649
71
-74.9 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 649
Contributions
171
+25.1 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£284,126
26% above average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17% above average
4
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

Housing
62 of 67 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
208 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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 Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 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
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
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 21 Feb 2024
Tax
No
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