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Sir Iain Duncan Smith vs Alex Burghart

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


Voting alignment

Sir Iain Duncan Smith and Alex Burghart voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,618 shared comparable votes.

1,580 same votes 38 different votes 1,618 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
79 Aye 75 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 154 shared votes
79 Aye 75 No
29 Aye 43 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 72 shared votes
29 Aye 43 No
37 Aye 33 No
Transport 100% aligned 70 shared votes
37 Aye 33 No
27 Aye 30 No
Defence 100% aligned 57 shared votes
27 Aye 30 No
21 Aye 28 No
Benefits 100% aligned 49 shared votes
21 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
97 Aye 46 No
Migration 94% aligned 143 shared votes
98 Aye 45 No
27 Aye 45 No
Trade 94% aligned 72 shared votes
29 Aye 43 No
71 Aye 115 No
Brexit / EU 95% aligned 186 shared votes
75 Aye 111 No
20 Aye 13 No
Environment / Climate 97% aligned 33 shared votes
21 Aye 12 No
19 Aye 21 No
Energy 98% aligned 40 shared votes
20 Aye 20 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
85.1%
13% above average
Rank 86 of 650
1,962
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,840
2,162 eligible divisions
898
45.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
886
48.2% of votes cast
1,064
54.2% of votes cast
No votes
954
51.8% of votes cast
41
2.1% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
34 years, 7 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
9 years, 5 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

98
+3.5 vs Commons average
Rank 232 of 650
Appearances
98
+3.5 vs Commons average
Rank 233 of 650
158
-6.6 vs Commons average
Rank 225 of 650
Contributions
178
+13.4 vs Commons average
Rank 193 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
£1,112,100
all imported IPSA years
£265,254
17% above average
Latest expenses
£203,620
10% below average
8
3 registered categories
Registered interests
8
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
Brexit / EU
189 of 189 votes
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 90 votes
Housing
60 of 67 votes
#3
Migration
154 of 163 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
76 of 82 votes
Crime / Justice
198 of 234 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API