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Ms Julie Minns vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith

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

Photograph of Ms Julie Minns
Ms Julie Minns
Lab Carlisle
vs
Photograph of Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Con Chingford and Woodford Green

Voting alignment

Ms Julie Minns and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 360 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 352 different votes 360 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
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
21 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 36 shared votes
14 Aye 22 No
55 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 83 shared votes
28 Aye 55 No
26 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
8 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
55 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 83 shared votes
28 Aye 55 No
26 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
8 Aye 26 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
12 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
21 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
5 Aye 21 No

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

Voting record

86.1%
13% above average
Rank 75 of 649
Participation
81.4%
9% above average
Rank 172 of 649
508
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
263
51.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
887
45.8% of votes cast
245
48.2% of votes cast
No votes
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
5
1.0% 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

202
+120.3 vs Commons average
Rank 18 of 649
Appearances
98
+16.3 vs Commons average
Rank 174 of 649
224
+81.7 vs Commons average
Rank 99 of 649
Contributions
172
+29.7 vs Commons average
Rank 164 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£180,792
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£180,792
20% below average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17% above average
6
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
3 registered categories
2
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

Housing
32 of 32 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
208 of 211 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API