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Sir Iain Duncan Smith vs Alex Ballinger

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

Photograph of Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Con Chingford and Woodford Green
vs
Photograph of Alex Ballinger
Alex Ballinger
Lab Halesowen

Voting alignment

Sir Iain Duncan Smith and Alex Ballinger voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 343 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 337 different votes 343 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
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 14 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
20 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 30 shared votes
10 Aye 20 No
26 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 62 shared votes
36 Aye 26 No
4 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
29 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 62 shared votes
36 Aye 26 No
4 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
29 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
18 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
17 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

81.2%
9% above average
Rank 170 of 650
Participation
76.5%
4% above average
Rank 271 of 650
1,962
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
483
631 eligible divisions
898
45.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
230
47.6% of votes cast
1,064
54.2% of votes cast
No votes
253
52.4% of votes cast
41
2.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

99
+4.4 vs Commons average
Rank 229 of 650
Appearances
93
-1.6 vs Commons average
Rank 252 of 650
159
-5.8 vs Commons average
Rank 224 of 650
Contributions
172
+7.2 vs Commons average
Rank 200 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£211,093
all imported IPSA years
£265,254
17% above average
Latest expenses
£211,093
7% below average
8
3 registered categories
Registered interests
6
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
209 of 212 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Housing
60 of 67 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Crime / Justice
198 of 234 votes
#5
Trade
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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