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Rachel Hopkins vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith

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


Voting alignment

Rachel Hopkins and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,108 shared comparable votes.

41 same votes 1,067 different votes 1,108 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
20 Aye 15 No
Trade 11% aligned 35 shared votes
13 Aye 22 No
36 Aye 91 No
Migration 6% aligned 127 shared votes
86 Aye 41 No
25 Aye 19 No
Benefits 5% aligned 44 shared votes
17 Aye 27 No
11 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
21 Aye 8 No
Energy 3% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 53 shared votes
24 Aye 29 No
24 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 52 shared votes
28 Aye 24 No
37 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 47 shared votes
10 Aye 37 No
30 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 44 shared votes
14 Aye 30 No
25 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 41 shared votes
16 Aye 25 No

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

Voting record

84.9%
12% above average
Rank 96 of 649
Participation
81.4%
9% above average
Rank 172 of 649
1,408
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
746
53.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
887
45.8% of votes cast
662
47.0% of votes cast
No votes
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.1% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

86
+2.4 vs Commons average
Rank 230 of 650
Appearances
99
+15.4 vs Commons average
Rank 174 of 650
100
-45.7 vs Commons average
Rank 338 of 650
Contributions
171
+25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,064,817
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£253,152
12% above average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
3 registered categories
1
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
53 of 54 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
208 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Education
65 of 69 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Migration
143 of 154 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 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