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Lauren Edwards vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith

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


Voting alignment

Lauren Edwards and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 362 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 353 different votes 362 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
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 7 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No
24 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 49 shared votes
24 Aye 25 No
47 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
29 Aye 47 No
Most different by topic
47 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
29 Aye 47 No
21 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
6 Aye 21 No
12 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
21 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
4 Aye 21 No
17 Aye 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

85.4%
13% above average
Rank 85 of 649
Participation
81.4%
9% above average
Rank 172 of 649
504
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
248
49.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
887
45.8% of votes cast
256
50.8% of votes cast
No votes
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
1
0.2% 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

46
-35.7 vs Commons average
Rank 468 of 649
Appearances
98
+16.3 vs Commons average
Rank 174 of 649
64
-78.3 vs Commons average
Rank 456 of 649
Contributions
172
+29.7 vs Commons average
Rank 164 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£133,786
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£133,786
41% 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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
208 of 211 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Crime / Justice
60 of 62 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Defence
32 of 34 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API