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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 1% of the time, based on 342 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 337 different votes 342 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
22 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 42 shared votes
19 Aye 23 No
46 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
27 Aye 46 No
25 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
9 Aye 25 No
24 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
5 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
46 Aye 27 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
27 Aye 46 No
25 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
9 Aye 25 No
24 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
5 Aye 24 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

83.2 %
10 % above average
Rank 137 of 650
Participation
81.5 %
9 % above average
Rank 174 of 650
469
564 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,916
2,350 eligible divisions
243
51.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
878
45.8 % of votes cast
226
48.2 % of votes cast
No votes
1,038
54.2 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
41
2.1 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 2 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

73
+1.1 vs Commons average
Rank 236 of 650
Appearances
86
+14.1 vs Commons average
Rank 173 of 650
107
-20.6 vs Commons average
Rank 250 of 650
Contributions
160
+32.4 vs Commons average
Rank 151 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
11
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

Education
49 of 49 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
208 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 66 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#4
Migration
152 of 169 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
197 of 229 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API