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Sir Iain Duncan Smith vs Charlotte Nichols

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
vs
Photograph of Charlotte Nichols
Charlotte Nichols
Lab Warrington North

Voting alignment

Sir Iain Duncan Smith and Charlotte Nichols voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,009 shared comparable votes.

37 same votes 972 different votes 1,009 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
13 Aye 20 No
Trade 12% aligned 33 shared votes
18 Aye 15 No
12 Aye 20 No
Energy 6% aligned 32 shared votes
22 Aye 10 No
81 Aye 33 No
Migration 5% aligned 114 shared votes
27 Aye 87 No
14 Aye 25 No
Benefits 5% aligned 39 shared votes
23 Aye 16 No
10 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 29 No
Defence 0% aligned 49 shared votes
29 Aye 20 No
25 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 48 shared votes
23 Aye 25 No
10 Aye 37 No
Education 0% aligned 47 shared votes
37 Aye 10 No
15 Aye 27 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 42 shared votes
27 Aye 15 No
29 Aye 11 No
Transport 0% aligned 40 shared votes
11 Aye 29 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
77.2%
5% above average
Rank 262 of 649
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,280
1,658 eligible divisions
887
45.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
655
51.2% of votes cast
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
No votes
625
48.8% of votes cast
41
2.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

99
+15.4 vs Commons average
Rank 174 of 650
Appearances
15
-68.6 vs Commons average
Rank 610 of 650
171
+25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 650
Contributions
17
-128.7 vs Commons average
Rank 613 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,254,140
all imported IPSA years
£265,254
17% above average
Latest expenses
£305,109
35% above average
9
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
64 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Housing
50 of 54 votes
Housing
60 of 67 votes
#3
Energy
43 of 48 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
44 of 50 votes
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 votes
#5
Defence
61 of 70 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
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 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
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 21 Feb 2024
Tax
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API