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Linsey Farnsworth vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith

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

Photograph of Linsey Farnsworth
Linsey Farnsworth
Lab Amber Valley
vs
Photograph of Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Con Chingford and Woodford Green

Voting alignment

Linsey Farnsworth and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 352 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 345 different votes 352 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 3 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
22 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 46 shared votes
22 Aye 24 No
11 Aye 5 No
Benefits 6% aligned 16 shared votes
4 Aye 12 No
52 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
25 Aye 52 No
25 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
9 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
52 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
25 Aye 52 No
25 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
9 Aye 25 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
23 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
4 Aye 23 No
8 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

87.8 %
15 % above average
Rank 53 of 650
Participation
81.6 %
9 % above average
Rank 171 of 650
490
558 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,913
2,344 eligible divisions
255
52.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
876
45.8 % of votes cast
235
48.0 % of votes cast
No votes
1,037
54.2 % of votes cast
1
0.2 % 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

63
-5.1 vs Commons average
Rank 278 of 650
Appearances
82
+13.9 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 650
117
-4.0 vs Commons average
Rank 213 of 650
Contributions
156
+35.0 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£216,552
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£216,552
4 % below average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17 % above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
11
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 31 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
208 of 211 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Energy
17 of 17 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 66 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#4
Migration
152 of 169 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
197 of 229 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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