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Rachael Maskell vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith

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

Photograph of Rachael Maskell
Rachael Maskell
Lab York Central
vs
Photograph of Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Con Chingford and Woodford Green

Voting alignment

Rachael Maskell and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,653 shared comparable votes.

89 same votes 1,564 different votes 1,653 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
33 Aye 34 No
Trade 7% aligned 67 shared votes
31 Aye 36 No
18 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 33 shared votes
15 Aye 18 No
39 Aye 101 No
Migration 6% aligned 140 shared votes
97 Aye 43 No
32 Aye 21 No
Benefits 6% aligned 53 shared votes
18 Aye 35 No
74 Aye 86 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 160 shared votes
86 Aye 74 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 65 shared votes
16 Aye 49 No
39 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 61 shared votes
22 Aye 39 No
29 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 53 shared votes
24 Aye 29 No
26 Aye 19 No
Defence 0% aligned 45 shared votes
19 Aye 26 No
28 Aye 17 No
Energy 0% aligned 45 shared votes
17 Aye 28 No

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

Voting record

84.0%
11% above average
Rank 113 of 649
Participation
81.4%
9% above average
Rank 172 of 649
1,995
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
1,083
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
887
45.8% of votes cast
912
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
47
2.4% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.1% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

253
+170.7 vs Commons average
Rank 9 of 649
Appearances
96
+13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 186 of 649
307
+163.5 vs Commons average
Rank 54 of 649
Contributions
167
+23.5 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,927,153
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£256,869
14% above average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
3 registered categories
9
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

Education
91 of 96 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
208 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Transport
89 of 95 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Work / Employment
72 of 77 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
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