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Ruth Cadbury vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith

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

Photograph of Ruth Cadbury
Ruth Cadbury
Lab Brentford and Isleworth
vs
Photograph of Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Con Chingford and Woodford Green

Voting alignment

Ruth Cadbury and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,469 shared comparable votes.

57 same votes 1,412 different votes 1,469 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
32 Aye 31 No
Trade 8% aligned 63 shared votes
30 Aye 33 No
20 Aye 18 No
Benefits 5% aligned 38 shared votes
16 Aye 22 No
14 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
37 Aye 86 No
Migration 4% aligned 123 shared votes
83 Aye 40 No
11 Aye 16 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 54 shared votes
14 Aye 40 No
32 Aye 22 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 54 shared votes
22 Aye 32 No
24 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 46 shared votes
22 Aye 24 No
24 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 45 shared votes
21 Aye 24 No
9 Aye 20 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

75.0%
2% above average
Rank 311 of 649
Participation
81.4%
9% above average
Rank 172 of 649
1,781
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
990
55.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
887
45.8% of votes cast
791
44.4% of votes cast
No votes
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.1% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

65
-18.7 vs Commons average
Rank 345 of 649
Appearances
99
+15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 174 of 649
73
-72.9 vs Commons average
Rank 435 of 649
Contributions
171
+25.1 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,210,414
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£293,505
30% above average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17% above average
3
3 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

Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
208 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
180 of 211 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Transport
78 of 95 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Trade
74 of 91 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Education
78 of 96 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
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
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
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 21 Feb 2024
Tax
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sept 2023
Aye
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