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Rachel Blake vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith

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


Voting alignment

Rachel Blake and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 353 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 343 different votes 353 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
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 6 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 No
16 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 41 shared votes
24 Aye 17 No
53 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
26 Aye 53 No
Most different by topic
53 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
26 Aye 53 No
22 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
9 Aye 22 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
10 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 11 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

82.9%
10% above average
Rank 136 of 649
Participation
81.4%
9% above average
Rank 172 of 649
489
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
252
51.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
887
45.8% of votes cast
237
48.5% of votes cast
No votes
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
2
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

66
-16.3 vs Commons average
Rank 336 of 649
Appearances
96
+13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 186 of 649
87
-56.5 vs Commons average
Rank 375 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

£172,923
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£172,923
24% below average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
9
3 registered categories
2
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

Energy
20 of 20 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
208 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 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