The House of Commons is not currently sitting. Next scheduled business: Monday 12 October 2026.

Compare

Sir Iain Duncan Smith vs Brian Mathew

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


Voting alignment

Sir Iain Duncan Smith and Brian Mathew voted the same way 80% of the time, based on 284 shared comparable votes.

227 same votes 57 different votes 284 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
19 Aye 36 No
Tax 100% aligned 55 shared votes
19 Aye 36 No
7 Aye 21 No
Education 96% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No
2 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 92% aligned 13 shared votes
3 Aye 10 No
2 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 86% aligned 22 shared votes
3 Aye 19 No
8 Aye 8 No
Defence 81% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
0 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 1 No
Migration 0% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 63% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 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
65.8%
7% below average
Rank 505 of 649
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
388
590 eligible divisions
887
45.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
196
50.5% of votes cast
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
No votes
192
49.5% of votes cast
41
2.1% of votes cast
Against party
13
3.4% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

99
+15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 174 of 649
Appearances
82
-1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 254 of 649
171
+25.1 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 649
Contributions
92
-53.9 vs Commons average
Rank 364 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
£157,740
all imported IPSA years
£265,254
17% above average
Latest expenses
£157,740
30% below average
9
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
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
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Housing
60 of 67 votes
#3
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Housing
28 of 32 votes
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 votes
#5
Benefits
25 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

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