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Sir Iain Duncan Smith vs Bob Blackman
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Sir Iain Duncan Smith and Bob Blackman voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,848 shared comparable votes.
1,819 same votes
29 different votes
1,848 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
81.2%
9% above average
Participation
87.4%
15% above average
1,962
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,113
2,417 eligible divisions
898
45.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
990
46.9% of votes cast
1,064
54.2% of votes cast
No votes
1,123
53.1% of votes cast
41
2.1% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
34 years, 7 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010
Debates
98
+3.5 vs Commons average
Appearances
159
+64.5 vs Commons average
158
-6.6 vs Commons average
Contributions
189
+24.4 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
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£265,254
17% above average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38% above average
8
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
6 registered categories
6
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
Where they voted the same
No
No
No
No
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API