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Kate Dearden vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith

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


Voting alignment

Kate Dearden and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 315 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 309 different votes 315 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
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
11 Aye 7 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
14 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 33 shared votes
19 Aye 14 No
46 Aye 22 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
22 Aye 46 No
24 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
8 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
46 Aye 22 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
22 Aye 46 No
24 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
8 Aye 24 No
23 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
4 Aye 23 No
11 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

87.3 %
15 % above average
Rank 58 of 650
Participation
81.6 %
9 % above average
Rank 171 of 650
487
558 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,913
2,344 eligible divisions
239
49.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
876
45.8 % of votes cast
248
50.9 % of votes cast
No votes
1,037
54.2 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
41
2.1 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 2 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

48
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 401 of 650
Appearances
86
+15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 161 of 650
112
-12.8 vs Commons average
Rank 229 of 650
Contributions
162
+37.2 vs Commons average
Rank 145 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£175,203
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£175,203
23 % below average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17 % above average
7
2 registered categories
Registered interests
11
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

Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
208 of 211 votes
Energy
17 of 17 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 66 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Migration
152 of 169 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
197 of 229 votes

Recent voting overlap

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