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Jo Platt vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith

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


Voting alignment

Jo Platt and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 683 shared comparable votes.

21 same votes 662 different votes 683 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 9 No
Migration 13% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
15 Aye 9 No
Benefits 8% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 No
12 Aye 5 No
Foreign Affairs 6% aligned 17 shared votes
6 Aye 11 No
30 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 55 shared votes
26 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
83 Aye 42 No
Tax 0% aligned 125 shared votes
42 Aye 83 No
29 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
7 Aye 29 No
21 Aye 15 No
Transport 0% aligned 36 shared votes
15 Aye 21 No
17 Aye 13 No
Trade 0% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

77.8%
5% above average
Rank 251 of 649
Participation
81.4%
9% above average
Rank 172 of 649
459
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
231
50.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
887
45.8% of votes cast
228
49.7% of votes cast
No votes
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
1
0.2% 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

32
-50.3 vs Commons average
Rank 544 of 649
Appearances
96
+13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 186 of 649
53
-90.5 vs Commons average
Rank 494 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

£766,743
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£208,190
8% below average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17% above average
2
1 registered category
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

Housing
32 of 32 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
208 of 211 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Benefits
26 of 30 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