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Jim Allister vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith

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


Voting alignment

Jim Allister and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 94% of the time, based on 322 shared comparable votes.

302 same votes 20 different votes 322 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
6 Aye 12 No
Defence 100% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 No
10 Aye 6 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 6 No
Transport 100% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 5 No
Energy 100% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 6 No
Housing 67% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 71% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 7 No
Benefits 82% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 83% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 3 No
Migration 86% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No

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

Voting record

70.6%
2% below average
Rank 412 of 650
Participation
81.3%
9% above average
Rank 172 of 650
437
619 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,955
2,405 eligible divisions
215
49.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
898
45.9% of votes cast
222
50.8% of votes cast
No votes
1,057
54.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

205
+115.0 vs Commons average
Rank 24 of 650
Appearances
94
+4.0 vs Commons average
Rank 228 of 650
291
+134.4 vs Commons average
Rank 79 of 650
Contributions
161
+4.4 vs Commons average
Rank 202 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£209,116
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£209,116
8% 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

Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
209 of 212 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
Education
42 of 50 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Tax
90 of 114 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
198 of 234 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API