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Shaun Davies vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith

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

Photograph of Shaun Davies
Shaun Davies
Lab Telford
vs
Photograph of Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Con Chingford and Woodford Green

Voting alignment

Shaun Davies and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 270 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 262 different votes 270 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 5 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
11 Aye 6 No
Benefits 12% aligned 17 shared votes
4 Aye 13 No
18 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 25 shared votes
6 Aye 19 No
38 Aye 17 No
Tax 0% aligned 55 shared votes
17 Aye 38 No
17 Aye 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 17 No
Tax 0% aligned 55 shared votes
17 Aye 38 No
17 Aye 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 2 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
2 Aye 19 No
10 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
14 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
5 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

65.4%
7% below average
Rank 511 of 649
Participation
81.4%
9% above average
Rank 172 of 649
386
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
203
52.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
887
45.8% of votes cast
183
47.4% of votes cast
No votes
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
3
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

32
-51.7 vs Commons average
Rank 544 of 649
Appearances
99
+15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 174 of 649
44
-101.9 vs Commons average
Rank 531 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

£210,313
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£210,313
7% below average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17% above average
35
5 registered categories
Registered interests
9
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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
208 of 211 votes
Defence
30 of 34 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Migration
11 of 13 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Housing
27 of 32 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Benefits
23 of 30 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
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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 2 13 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion 3 Dec 2024
No
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