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Sir Iain Duncan Smith vs Alice Macdonald

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


Voting alignment

Sir Iain Duncan Smith and Alice Macdonald voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 344 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 338 different votes 344 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 15 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
24 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 48 shared votes
24 Aye 24 No
27 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 57 shared votes
30 Aye 27 No
5 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
24 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 57 shared votes
30 Aye 27 No
5 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
24 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

81.6 %
9 % above average
Rank 171 of 650
Participation
84.6 %
12 % above average
Rank 108 of 650
1,913
2,344 eligible divisions
Total votes
472
558 eligible divisions
876
45.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
232
49.2 % of votes cast
1,037
54.2 % of votes cast
No votes
240
50.8 % of votes cast
41
2.1 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
34 years, 2 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

85
+15.2 vs Commons average
Rank 163 of 650
Appearances
40
-29.8 vs Commons average
Rank 464 of 650
161
+37.1 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 650
Contributions
47
-76.9 vs Commons average
Rank 494 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
£186,253
all imported IPSA years
£265,254
17 % above average
Latest expenses
£186,253
18 % below average
11
3 registered categories
Registered interests
6
2 registered categories
6
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Housing
60 of 66 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Migration
152 of 169 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Crime / Justice
197 of 229 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
60 of 61 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API