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Luke Pollard vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith

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


Voting alignment

Luke Pollard and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,225 shared comparable votes.

58 same votes 1,167 different votes 1,225 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 29 No
Trade 7% aligned 61 shared votes
27 Aye 34 No
38 Aye 92 No
Migration 6% aligned 130 shared votes
88 Aye 42 No
17 Aye 17 No
Benefits 6% aligned 34 shared votes
15 Aye 19 No
9 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
16 Aye 9 No
Energy 4% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 56 shared votes
21 Aye 35 No
27 Aye 20 No
Defence 0% aligned 47 shared votes
20 Aye 27 No
23 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 42 shared votes
19 Aye 23 No
34 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 41 shared votes
7 Aye 34 No
6 Aye 14 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

69.3%
3% below average
Rank 443 of 649
Participation
81.4%
9% above average
Rank 172 of 649
1,469
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
810
55.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
887
45.8% of votes cast
659
44.9% of votes cast
No votes
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.1% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

71
-11.3 vs Commons average
Rank 306 of 649
Appearances
96
+13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 186 of 649
673
+529.5 vs Commons average
Rank 8 of 649
Contributions
167
+23.5 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,926,010
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£309,067
37% above average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
9
3 registered categories
3
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
61 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
208 of 211 votes
Migration
144 of 163 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Defence
58 of 71 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Trade
71 of 87 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

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