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Jenny Riddell-Carpenter vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith

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

Photograph of Jenny Riddell-Carpenter
Jenny Riddell-Carpenter
Lab Suffolk Coastal
vs
Photograph of Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Con Chingford and Woodford Green

Voting alignment

Jenny Riddell-Carpenter and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 352 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 345 different votes 352 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 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
12 Aye 8 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No
21 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 41 shared votes
19 Aye 22 No
56 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 81 shared votes
25 Aye 56 No
Most different by topic
56 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 81 shared votes
25 Aye 56 No
24 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
9 Aye 24 No
25 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
5 Aye 25 No
12 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
10 Aye 12 No
6 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

78.3%
6% above average
Rank 238 of 650
Participation
81.2%
9% above average
Rank 173 of 650
494
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,962
2,417 eligible divisions
260
52.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
898
45.8% of votes cast
234
47.4% of votes cast
No votes
1,064
54.2% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.1% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

50
-44.4 vs Commons average
Rank 485 of 650
Appearances
100
+5.6 vs Commons average
Rank 226 of 650
68
-96.5 vs Commons average
Rank 482 of 650
Contributions
163
-1.5 vs Commons average
Rank 216 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£177,477
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£177,477
22% below average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17% above average
9
5 registered categories
Registered interests
8
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

Education
47 of 50 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
209 of 212 votes
Migration
12 of 13 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
Work / Employment
38 of 42 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Benefits
27 of 30 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
15 of 17 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
198 of 234 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
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
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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