Compare

Jo White vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith

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

Photograph of Jo White
Jo White
Lab Bassetlaw
vs
Photograph of Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Con Chingford and Woodford Green

Voting alignment

Jo White and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 338 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 331 different votes 338 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 5 No
Benefits 12% aligned 17 shared votes
3 Aye 14 No
22 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 41 shared votes
18 Aye 23 No
43 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
28 Aye 43 No
Most different by topic
43 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
28 Aye 43 No
22 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
9 Aye 22 No
26 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
4 Aye 26 No
12 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
6 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

81.7%
9% above average
Rank 166 of 649
Participation
81.4%
9% above average
Rank 172 of 649
482
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
230
47.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
887
45.8% of votes cast
252
52.3% 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
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

57
-25.1 vs Commons average
Rank 394 of 649
Appearances
98
+15.9 vs Commons average
Rank 175 of 649
71
-71.9 vs Commons average
Rank 434 of 649
Contributions
172
+29.1 vs Commons average
Rank 164 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£174,166
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£174,166
23% below average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17% above average
7
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

Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
208 of 211 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Education
46 of 50 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 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 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
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
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