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Kirsteen Sullivan vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith

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

Photograph of Kirsteen Sullivan
Kirsteen Sullivan
Lab Bathgate and Linlithgow
vs
Photograph of Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Con Chingford and Woodford Green

Voting alignment

Kirsteen Sullivan and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 309 shared comparable votes.

21 same votes 288 different votes 309 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
10 Aye 6 No
Benefits 13% aligned 16 shared votes
4 Aye 12 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
21 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 39 shared votes
18 Aye 21 No
49 Aye 19 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
19 Aye 49 No
18 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 19 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
19 Aye 49 No
18 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
19 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No
20 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
2 Aye 20 No
7 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

71.5%
1% below average
Rank 390 of 649
Participation
81.4%
9% above average
Rank 172 of 649
422
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
225
53.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
887
45.8% of votes cast
197
46.7% of votes cast
No votes
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
16
3.8% 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

77
-4.8 vs Commons average
Rank 275 of 649
Appearances
96
+14.2 vs Commons average
Rank 186 of 649
93
-49.7 vs Commons average
Rank 357 of 649
Contributions
167
+24.3 vs Commons average
Rank 169 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£198,590
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£198,590
12% below average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
3 registered categories
1
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

Housing
31 of 32 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
208 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Energy
18 of 20 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Crime / Justice
51 of 62 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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 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
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
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