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Sir Iain Duncan Smith vs Catherine McKinnell

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
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Photograph of Catherine McKinnell
Catherine McKinnell
Lab Newcastle upon Tyne North

Voting alignment

Sir Iain Duncan Smith and Catherine McKinnell voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,368 shared comparable votes.

67 same votes 1,301 different votes 1,368 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
31 Aye 30 No
Trade 11% aligned 61 shared votes
31 Aye 30 No
13 Aye 25 No
Energy 5% aligned 38 shared votes
27 Aye 11 No
15 Aye 24 No
Benefits 5% aligned 39 shared votes
22 Aye 17 No
83 Aye 38 No
Migration 5% aligned 121 shared votes
34 Aye 87 No
12 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 22 shared votes
11 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 31 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 52 shared votes
31 Aye 21 No
21 Aye 26 No
Defence 0% aligned 47 shared votes
26 Aye 21 No
16 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 44 shared votes
28 Aye 16 No
15 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 37 shared votes
22 Aye 15 No
23 Aye 6 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 29 shared votes
6 Aye 23 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
68.2%
4% below average
Rank 458 of 649
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,621
2,376 eligible divisions
887
45.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
888
54.8% of votes cast
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
No votes
733
45.2% of votes cast
41
2.1% of votes cast
Against party
17
1.0% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

96
+13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 186 of 649
Appearances
34
-48.3 vs Commons average
Rank 533 of 649
167
+23.5 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 649
Contributions
70
-73.5 vs Commons average
Rank 444 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
£2,918,801
all imported IPSA years
£265,254
17% above average
Latest expenses
£312,180
38% above average
9
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
4 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

Brexit / EU
208 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Work / Employment
63 of 77 votes
Housing
60 of 67 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Housing
53 of 67 votes
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 votes
#5
Defence
55 of 71 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: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
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
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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