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Louise Sandher-Jones vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith

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

Photograph of Louise Sandher-Jones
Louise Sandher-Jones
Lab North East Derbyshire
vs
Photograph of Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Con Chingford and Woodford Green

Voting alignment

Louise Sandher-Jones and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 303 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 298 different votes 303 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
7 Aye 5 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 No
2 Aye 5 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
16 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 29 shared votes
13 Aye 16 No
46 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
25 Aye 46 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
46 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
25 Aye 46 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
16 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
19 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
5 Aye 19 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

74.2%
2% above average
Rank 328 of 649
Participation
81.4%
9% above average
Rank 172 of 649
438
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
219
50.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
887
45.8% of votes cast
219
50.0% of votes cast
No votes
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
0
0.0% 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

56
-25.8 vs Commons average
Rank 400 of 649
Appearances
96
+14.2 vs Commons average
Rank 186 of 649
187
+44.3 vs Commons average
Rank 144 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

£179,498
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£179,498
21% below average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
9
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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
208 of 211 votes
Housing
31 of 32 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Migration
12 of 13 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 67 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Energy
18 of 20 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
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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
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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