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Paul Waugh vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith

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


Voting alignment

Paul Waugh and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 371 shared comparable votes.

19 same votes 352 different votes 371 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
1 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
13 Aye 7 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
16 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 37 shared votes
20 Aye 17 No
55 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
29 Aye 55 No
Most different by topic
55 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
29 Aye 55 No
21 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
9 Aye 21 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
12 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
21 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
2 Aye 21 No

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

Voting record

87.8%
15% above average
Rank 48 of 649
Participation
81.4%
9% above average
Rank 172 of 649
518
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
258
49.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
887
45.8% of votes cast
260
50.2% of votes cast
No votes
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
11
2.1% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

131
+47.3 vs Commons average
Rank 97 of 649
Appearances
99
+15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 174 of 649
166
+20.1 vs Commons average
Rank 175 of 649
Contributions
171
+25.1 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£174,781
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£174,781
23% below average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17% above average
2
2 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

Housing
32 of 32 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
208 of 211 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 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