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Sir Iain Duncan Smith vs Claire Hughes

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


Voting alignment

Sir Iain Duncan Smith and Claire Hughes voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 334 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 329 different votes 334 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
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 15 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
16 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 38 shared votes
21 Aye 17 No
27 Aye 55 No
Tax 0% aligned 82 shared votes
55 Aye 27 No
9 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
25 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 55 No
Tax 0% aligned 82 shared votes
55 Aye 27 No
9 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
25 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
17 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 13 shared votes
11 Aye 2 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

81.6 %
8 % above average
Rank 176 of 647
Participation
90.1 %
17 % above average
Rank 26 of 647
1,895
2,323 eligible divisions
Total votes
484
537 eligible divisions
865
45.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
255
52.7 % of votes cast
1,030
54.4 % of votes cast
No votes
229
47.3 % of votes cast
41
2.2 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
34 years, 2 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

83
+19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 148 of 647
Appearances
12
-51.7 vs Commons average
Rank 608 of 647
149
+35.2 vs Commons average
Rank 132 of 647
Contributions
12
-101.8 vs Commons average
Rank 616 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£180,797
all imported IPSA years
£265,254
17 % above average
Latest expenses
£180,797
20 % below average
11
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
49 of 49 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Housing
60 of 66 votes
#3
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Migration
152 of 169 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
197 of 229 votes
#5
Energy
17 of 17 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API