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Liz Kendall vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith

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

Photograph of Liz Kendall
Liz Kendall
Lab Leicester West
vs
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Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Con Chingford and Woodford Green

Voting alignment

Liz Kendall and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,287 shared comparable votes.

57 same votes 1,230 different votes 1,287 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
32 Aye 25 No
Trade 11% aligned 57 shared votes
25 Aye 32 No
25 Aye 9 No
Energy 6% aligned 34 shared votes
11 Aye 23 No
30 Aye 19 No
Benefits 4% aligned 49 shared votes
17 Aye 32 No
114 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 181 shared votes
66 Aye 115 No
22 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 27 shared votes
6 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 58 shared votes
21 Aye 37 No
27 Aye 28 No
Transport 0% aligned 55 shared votes
28 Aye 27 No
36 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 48 shared votes
12 Aye 36 No
19 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
19 Aye 19 No
17 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No

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

Voting record

64.4%
8% below average
Rank 526 of 649
Participation
81.4%
9% above average
Rank 172 of 649
1,530
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
875
57.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
887
45.8% of votes cast
655
42.8% of votes cast
No votes
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
2
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.1% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

37
-46.7 vs Commons average
Rank 522 of 649
Appearances
99
+15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 174 of 649
526
+380.1 vs Commons average
Rank 20 of 649
Contributions
171
+25.1 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,620,750
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£249,722
10% above average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
9
3 registered categories
4
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

Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
208 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
184 of 211 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Benefits
62 of 81 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Migration
126 of 171 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
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
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
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
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 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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Motion to sit in private 21 Feb 2024
Tax
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sept 2023
Aye
No
Illegal Migration Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 102B 17 Jul 2023
Migration
No
No
Illegal Migration Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 56B 17 Jul 2023
Migration
No
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