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Richard Burgon vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith

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

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Richard Burgon
Lab Leeds East
vs
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Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Con Chingford and Woodford Green

Voting alignment

Richard Burgon and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,579 shared comparable votes.

78 same votes 1,501 different votes 1,579 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
35 Aye 33 No
Trade 6% aligned 68 shared votes
31 Aye 37 No
38 Aye 18 No
Education 5% aligned 56 shared votes
15 Aye 41 No
37 Aye 97 No
Migration 5% aligned 134 shared votes
94 Aye 40 No
111 Aye 68 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 179 shared votes
67 Aye 112 No
34 Aye 21 No
Benefits 4% aligned 55 shared votes
19 Aye 36 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 36 No
Transport 0% aligned 68 shared votes
36 Aye 32 No
35 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 56 shared votes
21 Aye 35 No
29 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 53 shared votes
24 Aye 29 No
26 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 48 shared votes
22 Aye 26 No
29 Aye 17 No
Energy 0% aligned 46 shared votes
17 Aye 29 No

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

Voting record

80.1%
7% above average
Rank 194 of 649
Participation
81.4%
9% above average
Rank 172 of 649
1,903
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
1,042
54.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
887
45.8% of votes cast
861
45.2% of votes cast
No votes
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
45
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

84
+1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 233 of 649
Appearances
96
+13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 186 of 649
96
-47.5 vs Commons average
Rank 341 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

£2,305,544
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£301,574
33% above average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
3 registered categories
8
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

Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
208 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
72 of 77 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 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: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 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
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
Aye
Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners 7 Jul 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
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