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Mrs Kemi Badenoch vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith

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

Photograph of Mrs Kemi Badenoch
Mrs Kemi Badenoch
Con North West Essex
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Photograph of Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Con Chingford and Woodford Green

Voting alignment

Mrs Kemi Badenoch and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,305 shared comparable votes.

1,275 same votes 30 different votes 1,305 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
66 Aye 56 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 122 shared votes
66 Aye 56 No
25 Aye 34 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 59 shared votes
25 Aye 34 No
28 Aye 28 No
Transport 100% aligned 56 shared votes
28 Aye 28 No
18 Aye 18 No
Defence 100% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 No
14 Aye 20 No
Benefits 100% aligned 34 shared votes
14 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 39 No
Trade 94% aligned 67 shared votes
26 Aye 41 No
84 Aye 41 No
Migration 94% aligned 125 shared votes
85 Aye 40 No
9 Aye 10 No
Housing 95% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
61 Aye 104 No
Brexit / EU 97% aligned 165 shared votes
58 Aye 107 No
16 Aye 24 No
Energy 98% aligned 40 shared votes
15 Aye 25 No

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

Voting record

66.6%
6% below average
Rank 489 of 650
Participation
81.2%
9% above average
Rank 170 of 650
1,439
2,162 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,962
2,417 eligible divisions
710
49.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
898
45.8% of votes cast
729
50.7% of votes cast
No votes
1,064
54.2% of votes cast
3
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.1% of votes cast
9 years, 5 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
34 years, 7 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

75
-19.5 vs Commons average
Rank 339 of 650
Appearances
98
+3.5 vs Commons average
Rank 232 of 650
326
+161.4 vs Commons average
Rank 63 of 650
Contributions
158
-6.6 vs Commons average
Rank 225 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,740,878
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£278,687
23% above average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17% above average
20
5 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
168 of 189 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
209 of 212 votes
Trade
76 of 90 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
Migration
134 of 163 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 47 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Energy
45 of 59 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
198 of 234 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
Aye rebel
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
Aye rebel
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
Aye rebel
Aye
Energy Bill [Lords]: Third Reading 5 Sept 2023
Energy
No rebel
Aye
Illegal Migration Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 56 11 Jul 2023
Migration
No rebel
Aye
Illegal Migration Bill: Government Amendments (a) and (b) in lieu of Lords Amendments 31, 35 & 36 11 Jul 2023
Migration
No rebel
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 22 Mar 2023
No rebel
Aye
Abortion (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2022 (SI, 2022, No. 554) 22 Jun 2022
No rebel
Aye
Nationality and Borders Bill: Motion to disagree with LA 26B 20 Apr 2022
Migration
No rebel
Aye
Health Protection (Entry to venues etc) SI No 1416 14 Dec 2021
No rebel
Where they voted the same
No
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
No
No
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
No
No
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
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