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John Whitby vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith

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


Voting alignment

John Whitby and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 389 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 382 different votes 389 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
2 Aye 5 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 8 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
6 Aye 15 No
24 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 47 shared votes
22 Aye 25 No
48 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
25 Aye 48 No
Most different by topic
48 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
25 Aye 48 No
24 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
6 Aye 24 No
24 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
5 Aye 24 No
13 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
19 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No

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

Voting record

86.1%
14% above average
Rank 69 of 650
Participation
81.3%
9% above average
Rank 172 of 650
534
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,956
2,406 eligible divisions
271
50.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
898
45.9% of votes cast
263
49.3% of votes cast
No votes
1,058
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

62
-30.9 vs Commons average
Rank 408 of 650
Appearances
98
+5.1 vs Commons average
Rank 227 of 650
76
-85.6 vs Commons average
Rank 453 of 650
Contributions
160
-1.6 vs Commons average
Rank 217 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£191,904
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£191,904
15% below average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17% above average
2
2 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

Defence
34 of 34 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
209 of 212 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
198 of 234 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API