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Sir Iain Duncan Smith vs Catherine West

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


Voting alignment

Sir Iain Duncan Smith and Catherine West voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,470 shared comparable votes.

54 same votes 1,416 different votes 1,470 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 33 No
Trade 6% aligned 64 shared votes
31 Aye 33 No
94 Aye 42 No
Migration 5% aligned 136 shared votes
37 Aye 99 No
16 Aye 36 No
Benefits 4% aligned 52 shared votes
34 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 16 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 No
16 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 27 shared votes
10 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 47 No
Education 0% aligned 62 shared votes
47 Aye 15 No
30 Aye 26 No
Transport 0% aligned 56 shared votes
26 Aye 30 No
21 Aye 33 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 54 shared votes
33 Aye 21 No
23 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 47 shared votes
24 Aye 23 No
19 Aye 13 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 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
73.5%
1% above average
Rank 343 of 649
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,747
2,376 eligible divisions
887
45.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
947
54.2% of votes cast
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
No votes
800
45.8% of votes cast
41
2.1% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.5% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

99
+15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 174 of 649
Appearances
49
-34.7 vs Commons average
Rank 460 of 649
171
+25.1 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 649
Contributions
60
-85.9 vs Commons average
Rank 475 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
£2,012,777
all imported IPSA years
£265,254
17% above average
Latest expenses
£264,778
17% above average
9
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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
Education
86 of 96 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Housing
60 of 67 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

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