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Nigel Farage vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith

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


Voting alignment

Nigel Farage and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 147 shared comparable votes.

144 same votes 3 different votes 147 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
12 Aye 12 No
Tax 100% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
2 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 23 shared votes
2 Aye 21 No
3 Aye 6 No
Defence 100% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 3 No
Migration 100% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 2 No
Crime / Justice 93% aligned 14 shared votes
11 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 11 No
Housing 93% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No
12 Aye 12 No
Tax 100% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
2 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 23 shared votes
2 Aye 21 No
3 Aye 6 No
Defence 100% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

34.1%
38% below average
Rank 637 of 650
Participation
81.3%
9% above average
Rank 172 of 650
15
44 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,955
2,405 eligible divisions
5
33.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
898
45.9% of votes cast
10
66.7% of votes cast
No votes
1,057
54.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.1% of votes cast
2 months
Since 13 Aug 2026
Commons service
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

16
-72.8 vs Commons average
Rank 615 of 650
Appearances
94
+5.2 vs Commons average
Rank 223 of 650
18
-136.6 vs Commons average
Rank 613 of 650
Contributions
161
+6.4 vs Commons average
Rank 197 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£162,580
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£162,580
28% below average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17% above average
35
7 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

Democracy / Parliament
4 of 4 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
209 of 212 votes
Trade
3 of 3 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
Work / Employment
3 of 3 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Foreign Affairs
2 of 13 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Crime / Justice
0 of 4 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
198 of 234 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API