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Richard Baker vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith

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


Voting alignment

Richard Baker and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 307 shared comparable votes.

21 same votes 286 different votes 307 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
2 Aye 5 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
11 Aye 7 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 35 shared votes
22 Aye 13 No
47 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
26 Aye 47 No
Most different by topic
47 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
26 Aye 47 No
16 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
21 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
4 Aye 21 No
17 Aye 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No
7 Aye 5 No
Energy 0% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

74.2%
2% above average
Rank 329 of 649
Participation
81.4%
9% above average
Rank 172 of 649
438
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
211
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
887
45.8% of votes cast
227
51.8% of votes cast
No votes
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
13
3.0% 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

55
-26.8 vs Commons average
Rank 414 of 649
Appearances
96
+14.2 vs Commons average
Rank 186 of 649
69
-73.7 vs Commons average
Rank 443 of 649
Contributions
167
+24.3 vs Commons average
Rank 169 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£179,133
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£179,133
21% below average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17% above average
6
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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
208 of 211 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Migration
12 of 13 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 67 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Benefits
27 of 30 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