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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 138 shared comparable votes.

135 same votes 3 different votes 138 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
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 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

85.7%
13% above average
Rank 83 of 649
Participation
81.5%
9% above average
Rank 173 of 649
6
7 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,930
2,368 eligible divisions
4
66.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
885
45.9% of votes cast
2
33.3% of votes cast
No votes
1,045
54.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.1% of votes cast
0 months
Since 13 Aug 2026
Commons service
34 years, 4 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

14
-66.0 vs Commons average
Rank 607 of 649
Appearances
94
+14.0 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 649
16
-123.4 vs Commons average
Rank 609 of 649
Contributions
172
+32.6 vs Commons average
Rank 161 of 649

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
208 of 211 votes
No topic data
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
No topic data
#3
Housing
60 of 66 votes
No topic data
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
No topic data
#5
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API