Compare

John Healey vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith

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

Photograph of John Healey
John Healey
Lab Rawmarsh and Conisbrough
vs
Photograph of Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Con Chingford and Woodford Green

Voting alignment

John Healey and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,216 shared comparable votes.

53 same votes 1,163 different votes 1,216 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
30 Aye 29 No
Trade 7% aligned 59 shared votes
27 Aye 32 No
24 Aye 8 No
Energy 6% aligned 32 shared votes
10 Aye 22 No
26 Aye 15 No
Benefits 5% aligned 41 shared votes
13 Aye 28 No
37 Aye 77 No
Migration 4% aligned 114 shared votes
76 Aye 38 No
18 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 25 shared votes
8 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 55 shared votes
20 Aye 35 No
21 Aye 25 No
Transport 0% aligned 46 shared votes
25 Aye 21 No
16 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 37 shared votes
21 Aye 16 No
13 Aye 19 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No
20 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No

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

Voting record

60.3%
12% below average
Rank 572 of 649
Participation
81.4%
9% above average
Rank 172 of 649
1,432
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
813
56.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
887
45.8% of votes cast
619
43.2% 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
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

46
-37.7 vs Commons average
Rank 477 of 649
Appearances
99
+15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 174 of 649
417
+271.1 vs Commons average
Rank 32 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

£3,242,299
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£320,971
42% above average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
3 registered categories
7
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
60 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
208 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
180 of 211 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Trade
69 of 91 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Migration
125 of 171 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
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
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
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
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
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sept 2023
Aye
No
Illegal Migration Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 56 11 Jul 2023
Migration
No
No
Illegal Migration Bill: Government Amendments (a) and (b) in lieu of Lords Amendments 31, 35 & 36 11 Jul 2023
Migration
No
No
Motion to sit in private 16 Jan 2023
Tax
No
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