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Sir Iain Duncan Smith vs Alan Gemmell

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


Voting alignment

Sir Iain Duncan Smith and Alan Gemmell voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 341 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 334 different votes 341 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
6 Aye 7 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
15 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 33 shared votes
18 Aye 15 No
20 Aye 52 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
52 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 52 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
52 Aye 20 No
5 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
25 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

81.4%
9% above average
Rank 172 of 649
Participation
79.7%
7% above average
Rank 207 of 649
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
470
590 eligible divisions
887
45.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
246
52.3% of votes cast
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
No votes
224
47.7% of votes cast
41
2.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

98
+16.1 vs Commons average
Rank 174 of 649
Appearances
55
-26.9 vs Commons average
Rank 417 of 649
172
+29.6 vs Commons average
Rank 164 of 649
Contributions
63
-79.4 vs Commons average
Rank 464 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£170,626
all imported IPSA years
£265,254
17% above average
Latest expenses
£170,626
25% below average
9
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
4 registered categories
6
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
208 of 211 votes
#1
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Housing
60 of 67 votes
#3
Housing
31 of 32 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

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