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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 132 shared comparable votes.

129 same votes 3 different votes 132 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 18 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 20 shared votes
2 Aye 18 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
5 Aye 0 No
Education 100% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 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 18 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 20 shared votes
2 Aye 18 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

31.7 %
41 % below average
Rank 636 of 647
Participation
81.6 %
8 % above average
Rank 176 of 647
170
537 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,895
2,323 eligible divisions
84
49.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
865
45.6 % of votes cast
86
50.6 % of votes cast
No votes
1,030
54.4 % of votes cast
1
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
41
2.2 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 2 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

16
-47.6 vs Commons average
Rank 591 of 647
Appearances
83
+19.4 vs Commons average
Rank 148 of 647
18
-95.6 vs Commons average
Rank 601 of 647
Contributions
149
+35.4 vs Commons average
Rank 132 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£156,380
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£156,380
31 % below average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17 % above average
35
7 registered categories
Registered interests
11
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

Work / Employment
27 of 37 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
208 of 211 votes
Migration
7 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Housing
17 of 31 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 66 votes
Foreign Affairs
2 of 4 votes
#4
Migration
152 of 169 votes
Defence
10 of 22 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
197 of 229 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API