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Sir Iain Duncan Smith vs Bobby Dean

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


Voting alignment

Sir Iain Duncan Smith and Bobby Dean voted the same way 75% of the time, based on 280 shared comparable votes.

209 same votes 71 different votes 280 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
7 Aye 21 No
Education 100% aligned 28 shared votes
7 Aye 21 No
5 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
18 Aye 40 No
Tax 95% aligned 58 shared votes
21 Aye 37 No
2 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 92% aligned 13 shared votes
3 Aye 10 No
2 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 90% aligned 21 shared votes
2 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
0 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
3 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 25% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 5 No
Energy 43% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 2 No
Foreign Affairs 67% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 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
69.2%
3% below average
Rank 447 of 649
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
408
590 eligible divisions
887
45.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
215
52.7% of votes cast
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
No votes
193
47.3% of votes cast
41
2.1% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.5% 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
94
+11.7 vs Commons average
Rank 196 of 649
167
+23.5 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 649
Contributions
108
-35.5 vs Commons average
Rank 317 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
£178,307
all imported IPSA years
£265,254
17% above average
Latest expenses
£178,307
21% below average
9
3 registered categories
Registered interests
6
3 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
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Housing
60 of 67 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Education
41 of 50 votes
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 votes
#5
Benefits
24 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API