Compare

Paul Holmes vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith

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

Photograph of Paul Holmes
Paul Holmes
Con Hamble Valley
vs
Photograph of Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Con Chingford and Woodford Green

Voting alignment

Paul Holmes and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 1,195 shared comparable votes.

1,164 same votes 31 different votes 1,195 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
70 Aye 69 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 139 shared votes
70 Aye 69 No
34 Aye 30 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 64 shared votes
34 Aye 30 No
26 Aye 34 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 60 shared votes
26 Aye 34 No
22 Aye 29 No
Defence 100% aligned 51 shared votes
22 Aye 29 No
23 Aye 25 No
Benefits 100% aligned 48 shared votes
23 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 23 No
Trade 90% aligned 39 shared votes
14 Aye 25 No
92 Aye 34 No
Migration 94% aligned 126 shared votes
90 Aye 36 No
16 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 96% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 No
12 Aye 18 No
Energy 97% aligned 30 shared votes
11 Aye 19 No
21 Aye 9 No
Environment / Climate 97% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

85.0%
13% above average
Rank 91 of 650
Participation
81.1%
9% above average
Rank 172 of 650
1,449
1,704 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,965
2,422 eligible divisions
720
49.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
900
45.8% of votes cast
729
50.3% of votes cast
No votes
1,065
54.2% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.1% of votes cast
6 years, 11 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
34 years, 7 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

116
+20.4 vs Commons average
Rank 168 of 650
Appearances
100
+4.4 vs Commons average
Rank 231 of 650
330
+163.6 vs Commons average
Rank 63 of 650
Contributions
162
-4.4 vs Commons average
Rank 220 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,091,272
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£234,722
4% above average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
8
3 registered categories
3
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

Brexit / EU
64 of 64 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
209 of 212 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 63 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 45 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Trade
53 of 56 votes
#4
Housing
60 of 68 votes
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 44 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
198 of 234 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
Aye rebel
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
Aye rebel
Aye
Draft Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes Order 2023 4 Dec 2023
Environment / Climate
No rebel
Aye
Energy Bill [Lords]: Third Reading 5 Sept 2023
Energy
No rebel
Aye
Illegal Migration Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 102B 17 Jul 2023
Migration
No rebel
Aye
Illegal Migration Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 56B 17 Jul 2023
Migration
No rebel
Aye
Illegal Migration Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 56 11 Jul 2023
Migration
No rebel
Aye
Illegal Migration Bill: Government Amendments (a) and (b) in lieu of Lords Amendments 31, 35 & 36 11 Jul 2023
Migration
No rebel
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 22 Mar 2023
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Opposition day: Employers 11 Nov 2026
Aye
No
Government Amendment to Opposition day debate on Welfare 11 Nov 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Opposition day: Welfare 11 Nov 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
No
No
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
No
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