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Shabana Mahmood vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith

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


Voting alignment

Shabana Mahmood and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,083 shared comparable votes.

57 same votes 1,026 different votes 1,083 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
23 Aye 27 No
Trade 8% aligned 50 shared votes
25 Aye 25 No
22 Aye 5 No
Energy 7% aligned 27 shared votes
7 Aye 20 No
21 Aye 9 No
Benefits 7% aligned 30 shared votes
7 Aye 23 No
15 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 6% aligned 18 shared votes
4 Aye 14 No
16 Aye 5 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 21 shared votes
6 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 48 shared votes
18 Aye 30 No
21 Aye 18 No
Transport 0% aligned 39 shared votes
18 Aye 21 No
18 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
17 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
5 Aye 17 No
9 Aye 13 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

53.4%
19% below average
Rank 611 of 649
Participation
81.4%
9% above average
Rank 172 of 649
1,269
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
730
57.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
887
45.8% of votes cast
539
42.5% of votes cast
No votes
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
14
1.1% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.1% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

69
-13.3 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 649
Appearances
96
+13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 186 of 649
817
+673.5 vs Commons average
Rank 5 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

£2,874,401
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£287,702
27% above average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
9
3 registered categories
5
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

Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
208 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
51 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Trade
59 of 91 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Migration
107 of 171 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
NHS / Health
35 of 56 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API