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Sir Iain Duncan Smith vs Dame Karen Bradley

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 Dame Karen Bradley
Dame Karen Bradley
Con Staffordshire Moorlands

Voting alignment

Sir Iain Duncan Smith and Dame Karen Bradley voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,423 shared comparable votes.

1,400 same votes 23 different votes 1,423 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
76 Aye 64 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 140 shared votes
76 Aye 64 No
39 Aye 26 No
Transport 100% aligned 65 shared votes
39 Aye 26 No
13 Aye 43 No
Education 100% aligned 56 shared votes
13 Aye 43 No
20 Aye 34 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 54 shared votes
20 Aye 34 No
21 Aye 25 No
Benefits 100% aligned 46 shared votes
21 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 10 No
Environment / Climate 95% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
62 Aye 124 No
Brexit / EU 96% aligned 186 shared votes
66 Aye 120 No
53 Aye 17 No
Migration 96% aligned 70 shared votes
50 Aye 20 No
19 Aye 24 No
Energy 98% aligned 43 shared votes
20 Aye 23 No
20 Aye 25 No
Housing 98% aligned 45 shared votes
19 Aye 26 No

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

Voting record

81.2%
9% above average
Rank 170 of 650
Participation
66.7%
6% below average
Rank 485 of 650
1,962
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,612
2,417 eligible divisions
898
45.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
748
46.4% of votes cast
1,064
54.2% of votes cast
No votes
864
53.6% of votes cast
41
2.1% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.4% of votes cast
34 years, 7 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

98
+3.5 vs Commons average
Rank 232 of 650
Appearances
86
-8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 287 of 650
158
-6.6 vs Commons average
Rank 225 of 650
Contributions
107
-57.6 vs Commons average
Rank 366 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
£2,878,658
all imported IPSA years
£265,254
17% above average
Latest expenses
£283,093
25% above average
8
3 registered categories
Registered interests
13
3 registered categories
6
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
11
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
209 of 212 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
189 of 212 votes
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
50 of 60 votes
Housing
60 of 67 votes
#3
Trade
77 of 94 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Work / Employment
64 of 80 votes
Crime / Justice
198 of 234 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye rebel
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye rebel
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No rebel
Draft Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes Order 2023 4 Dec 2023
Environment / Climate
Aye
No rebel
Energy Bill [Lords]: Third Reading 5 Sept 2023
Energy
Aye
No rebel
Draft Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 22 Mar 2023
Aye
Aye
Treasury update on international aid 13 Jul 2021
No rebel
No rebel
Fire Safety Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4L 28 Apr 2021
Aye
No rebel
Fire Safety Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4J 27 Apr 2021
Aye
No rebel
Trade Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 3 19 Jan 2021
Trade
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
No
No
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
No
No
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
No
No
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
No
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