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Sarah Russell vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Russell and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 374 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 368 different votes 374 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 3 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
22 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 42 shared votes
19 Aye 23 No
46 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
28 Aye 46 No
25 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
9 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
46 Aye 28 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
28 Aye 46 No
25 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
9 Aye 25 No
27 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
5 Aye 27 No
11 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No
12 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

82.6%
10% above average
Rank 142 of 650
Participation
81.3%
9% above average
Rank 172 of 650
512
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,956
2,406 eligible divisions
258
50.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
898
45.9% of votes cast
254
49.6% of votes cast
No votes
1,058
54.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

99
+6.0 vs Commons average
Rank 221 of 650
Appearances
99
+6.0 vs Commons average
Rank 223 of 650
144
-18.0 vs Commons average
Rank 257 of 650
Contributions
161
-1.0 vs Commons average
Rank 218 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£179,204
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£179,204
21% below average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
8
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

#1
Brexit / EU
209 of 212 votes
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Education
49 of 50 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
198 of 234 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API