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Sir Iain Duncan Smith vs Dan Tomlinson

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


Voting alignment

Sir Iain Duncan Smith and Dan Tomlinson voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 262 shared comparable votes.

11 same votes 251 different votes 262 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
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 7 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 No
23 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
46 Aye 23 No
5 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
21 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
46 Aye 23 No
5 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
21 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 14 No
Housing 0% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 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
61.7%
11% below average
Rank 562 of 649
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
364
590 eligible divisions
887
45.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
179
49.2% of votes cast
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
No votes
185
50.8% of votes cast
41
2.1% of votes cast
Against party
6
1.6% of votes cast
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

99
+15.4 vs Commons average
Rank 174 of 650
Appearances
86
+2.4 vs Commons average
Rank 231 of 650
171
+25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 650
Contributions
487
+341.3 vs Commons average
Rank 23 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
£225,538
all imported IPSA years
£265,254
17% above average
Latest expenses
£225,538
same as average
9
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
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
Transport
25 of 29 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Housing
60 of 67 votes
#3
Housing
26 of 32 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 votes
#5
Defence
26 of 34 votes

Recent voting overlap

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