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Sir Iain Duncan Smith vs Barry Gardiner
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Sir Iain Duncan Smith and Barry Gardiner voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,336 shared comparable votes.
66 same votes
1,270 different votes
1,336 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
81.4%
9% above average
Participation
67.4%
5% below average
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,601
2,376 eligible divisions
887
45.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
891
55.7% of votes cast
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
No votes
710
44.3% of votes cast
41
2.1% of votes cast
Against party
18
1.1% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997
Debates
96
+13.7 vs Commons average
Appearances
58
-24.3 vs Commons average
167
+23.5 vs Commons average
Contributions
94
-49.5 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,795,864
all imported IPSA years
£265,254
17% above average
Latest expenses
£268,850
19% above average
9
3 registered categories
Registered interests
13
5 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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
No
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API