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Nick Smith vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith

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


Voting alignment

Nick Smith and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,399 shared comparable votes.

64 same votes 1,335 different votes 1,399 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
33 Aye 32 No
Trade 8% aligned 65 shared votes
29 Aye 36 No
28 Aye 12 No
Energy 8% aligned 40 shared votes
15 Aye 25 No
31 Aye 77 No
Migration 6% aligned 108 shared votes
75 Aye 33 No
11 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
30 Aye 17 No
Benefits 4% aligned 47 shared votes
15 Aye 32 No
Most different by topic
43 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 59 shared votes
16 Aye 43 No
30 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 53 shared votes
23 Aye 30 No
22 Aye 30 No
Transport 0% aligned 52 shared votes
30 Aye 22 No
24 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No
29 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 46 shared votes
17 Aye 29 No

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

Voting record

74.9%
2% above average
Rank 313 of 649
Participation
81.4%
9% above average
Rank 172 of 649
1,779
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
1,016
57.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
887
45.8% of votes cast
763
42.9% of votes cast
No votes
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.1% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

95
+12.7 vs Commons average
Rank 188 of 649
Appearances
96
+13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 186 of 649
125
-18.5 vs Commons average
Rank 251 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

£2,595,067
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£251,492
11% above average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17% above average
0
0 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

Education
89 of 96 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
208 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Housing
59 of 67 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 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