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Jess Phillips vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith

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

Photograph of Jess Phillips
Jess Phillips
Lab Birmingham Yardley
vs
Photograph of Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Con Chingford and Woodford Green

Voting alignment

Jess Phillips and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,380 shared comparable votes.

53 same votes 1,327 different votes 1,380 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
32 Aye 31 No
Trade 8% aligned 63 shared votes
30 Aye 33 No
20 Aye 10 No
Energy 7% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 No
21 Aye 17 No
Benefits 5% aligned 38 shared votes
15 Aye 23 No
38 Aye 92 No
Migration 5% aligned 130 shared votes
88 Aye 42 No
17 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 34 No
Transport 0% aligned 62 shared votes
34 Aye 28 No
35 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 50 shared votes
15 Aye 35 No
40 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 49 shared votes
9 Aye 40 No
26 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 48 shared votes
22 Aye 26 No
24 Aye 8 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 32 shared votes
8 Aye 24 No

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

Voting record

69.2%
3% below average
Rank 444 of 649
Participation
81.4%
9% above average
Rank 172 of 649
1,645
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
943
57.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
887
45.8% of votes cast
702
42.7% of votes cast
No votes
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% 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

56
-27.7 vs Commons average
Rank 411 of 649
Appearances
99
+15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 174 of 649
223
+77.1 vs Commons average
Rank 114 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

£2,246,747
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£267,662
18% above average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17% above average
10
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
3 registered categories
0
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

Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
208 of 211 votes
Migration
143 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Trade
74 of 91 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Foreign Affairs
56 of 69 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Defence
56 of 71 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
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: 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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
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
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
No
Motion to sit in private 21 Feb 2024
Tax
No
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sept 2023
Aye
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