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Sir Iain Duncan Smith vs Andy Burnham

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 Andy Burnham
Andy Burnham
Lab Makerfield

Voting alignment

Sir Iain Duncan Smith and Andy Burnham voted the same way 8% of the time, based on 109 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 100 different votes 109 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
1 Aye 4 No
Energy 20% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
5 Aye 12 No
Brexit / EU 18% aligned 17 shared votes
15 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 3 No
Crime / Justice 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 9 No
Tax 0% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 0 No
Housing 0% aligned 8 shared votes
0 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 9 No
Tax 0% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 0 No
Housing 0% aligned 8 shared votes
0 Aye 8 No
2 Aye 4 No
Transport 0% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 1 No
Education 0% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
0 Aye 4 No
Benefits 0% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 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
39.5%
33% below average
Rank 635 of 649
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
17
43 eligible divisions
887
45.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
9
52.9% of votes cast
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
No votes
8
47.1% 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 months
Since 18 Jun 2026

Debates

96
+14.2 vs Commons average
Rank 185 of 649
Appearances
10
-71.8 vs Commons average
Rank 620 of 649
167
+24.5 vs Commons average
Rank 168 of 649
Contributions
277
+134.5 vs Commons average
Rank 66 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
£1,183,202
all imported IPSA years
£265,254
17% above average
Latest expenses
£84,964
62% below average
9
3 registered categories
Registered interests
32
7 registered categories
6
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Environment / Climate
3 of 3 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Defence
4 of 7 votes
Housing
60 of 67 votes
#3
Trade
1 of 3 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Transport
1 of 4 votes
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
0 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
No
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Early Parliamentary General Election 19 Apr 2017
Aye
Aye
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Third Reading 8 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
Aye
Aye
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Committee of the whole House Clauses 1 and 2 stand part 8 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
Aye
Aye
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Second Reading 1 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
Aye
Aye
Opposition motion: The Government's plan for Brexit motion as amended 7 Dec 2016
Aye
Aye
Opposition Motion: The Government's plan for Brexit (Prime Minister's Amdt) 7 Dec 2016
Aye
No
Opposition Motion: Chilcot Inquiry and parliamentary accountability 30 Nov 2016
No
Aye
Renewal of Trident nuclear weapons system 18 Jul 2016
Energy
Aye
Aye
Investigatory Powers Bill Third Reading 7 Jun 2016
Crime / Justice Digital / Online Safety
Aye
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