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Sir Iain Duncan Smith vs Ben Coleman

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 Ben Coleman
Ben Coleman
Lab Chelsea and Fulham

Voting alignment

Sir Iain Duncan Smith and Ben Coleman voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 312 shared comparable votes.

20 same votes 292 different votes 312 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
3 Aye 15 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
13 Aye 5 No
18 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 41 shared votes
22 Aye 19 No
23 Aye 41 No
Tax 0% aligned 64 shared votes
41 Aye 23 No
9 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 41 No
Tax 0% aligned 64 shared votes
41 Aye 23 No
9 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
21 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 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
71.2%
1% below average
Rank 404 of 649
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
420
590 eligible divisions
887
45.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
227
54.0% of votes cast
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
No votes
193
46.0% of votes cast
41
2.1% of votes cast
Against party
13
3.1% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

96
+13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 186 of 649
Appearances
51
-31.3 vs Commons average
Rank 440 of 649
167
+23.5 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 649
Contributions
82
-61.5 vs Commons average
Rank 390 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
£186,638
all imported IPSA years
£265,254
17% above average
Latest expenses
£186,638
17% below average
9
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
208 of 211 votes
#1
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Energy
18 of 20 votes
Housing
60 of 67 votes
#3
Transport
26 of 29 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Work / Employment
34 of 39 votes
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 votes
#5
Trade
6 of 7 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
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
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