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Mark Garnier vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith

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


Voting alignment

Mark Garnier and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 1,786 shared comparable votes.

1,726 same votes 60 different votes 1,786 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
89 Aye 80 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 169 shared votes
89 Aye 80 No
40 Aye 33 No
Transport 100% aligned 73 shared votes
40 Aye 33 No
31 Aye 39 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 70 shared votes
31 Aye 39 No
16 Aye 50 No
Education 100% aligned 66 shared votes
16 Aye 50 No
24 Aye 34 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 58 shared votes
24 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
103 Aye 41 No
Migration 94% aligned 144 shared votes
102 Aye 42 No
83 Aye 125 No
Brexit / EU 95% aligned 208 shared votes
78 Aye 130 No
35 Aye 41 No
Trade 95% aligned 76 shared votes
33 Aye 43 No
14 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 96% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
24 Aye 10 No
Environment / Climate 97% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

83.5%
11% above average
Rank 118 of 650
Participation
81.1%
9% above average
Rank 172 of 650
2,023
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,965
2,422 eligible divisions
986
48.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
900
45.8% of votes cast
1,037
51.3% of votes cast
No votes
1,065
54.2% of votes cast
25
1.2% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.1% of votes cast
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
34 years, 7 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

79
-16.6 vs Commons average
Rank 319 of 650
Appearances
100
+4.4 vs Commons average
Rank 231 of 650
124
-42.4 vs Commons average
Rank 317 of 650
Contributions
162
-4.4 vs Commons average
Rank 220 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,564,250
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£260,744
15% above average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17% above average
22
7 registered categories
Registered interests
8
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

Brexit / EU
211 of 212 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
209 of 212 votes
Trade
89 of 94 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
Foreign Affairs
77 of 82 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Housing
60 of 68 votes
Migration
152 of 171 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
198 of 234 votes

Recent voting overlap

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