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Josh Newbury vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith

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

Photograph of Josh Newbury
Josh Newbury
Lab Cannock Chase
vs
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Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Con Chingford and Woodford Green

Voting alignment

Josh Newbury and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 355 shared comparable votes.

21 same votes 334 different votes 355 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 3 No
Trade 17% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
13 Aye 8 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
6 Aye 15 No
23 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 46 shared votes
22 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
54 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 81 shared votes
27 Aye 54 No
25 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
9 Aye 25 No
25 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
5 Aye 25 No
12 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
5 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

84.6%
12% above average
Rank 105 of 649
Participation
81.4%
9% above average
Rank 172 of 649
499
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
263
52.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
887
45.8% of votes cast
236
47.3% of votes cast
No votes
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
13
2.6% 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

119
+36.7 vs Commons average
Rank 115 of 649
Appearances
96
+13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 186 of 649
140
-3.5 vs Commons average
Rank 216 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

£109,414
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£109,414
52% below average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17% above average
1
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

Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
208 of 211 votes
Trade
7 of 7 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
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
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
UK-EU customs union (duty to negotiate): Ten Minute Rule Motion 9 Dec 2025
Trade
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
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