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Sir Iain Duncan Smith vs Danny Beales

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


Voting alignment

Sir Iain Duncan Smith and Danny Beales voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 383 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 375 different votes 383 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
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 14 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
12 Aye 7 No
24 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 49 shared votes
24 Aye 25 No
29 Aye 55 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
55 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 55 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
55 Aye 29 No
9 Aye 26 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
26 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
26 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
3 Aye 16 No
Housing 0% aligned 19 shared votes
16 Aye 3 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
89.7%
17% above average
Rank 23 of 649
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
529
590 eligible divisions
887
45.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
279
52.7% of votes cast
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
No votes
250
47.3% of votes cast
41
2.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

99
+15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 174 of 649
Appearances
119
+35.3 vs Commons average
Rank 122 of 649
171
+25.1 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 649
Contributions
152
+6.1 vs Commons average
Rank 203 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
£181,232
all imported IPSA years
£265,254
17% above average
Latest expenses
£181,232
20% below average
9
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
50 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Housing
60 of 67 votes
#3
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 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