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Mark Ferguson vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith

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


Voting alignment

Mark Ferguson and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 326 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 318 different votes 326 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 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
10 Aye 8 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
19 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 No
52 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
27 Aye 52 No
Most different by topic
52 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
27 Aye 52 No
26 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
9 Aye 26 No
14 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
15 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 No
11 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

89.3%
17% above average
Rank 24 of 649
Participation
81.4%
9% above average
Rank 172 of 649
527
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
279
52.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
887
45.8% of votes cast
248
47.1% of votes cast
No votes
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
2
0.4% 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

5
-77.2 vs Commons average
Rank 630 of 649
Appearances
97
+14.8 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 649
13
-130.3 vs Commons average
Rank 619 of 649
Contributions
171
+27.7 vs Commons average
Rank 166 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£191,951
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£191,951
15% below average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17% above average
7
3 registered categories
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

Education
50 of 50 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
208 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Migration
13 of 13 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