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Sir Iain Duncan Smith vs Dave Robertson

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


Voting alignment

Sir Iain Duncan Smith and Dave Robertson voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 377 shared comparable votes.

11 same votes 366 different votes 377 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 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 15 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No
21 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 46 shared votes
24 Aye 22 No
29 Aye 52 No
Tax 0% aligned 81 shared votes
52 Aye 29 No
9 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
25 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 52 No
Tax 0% aligned 81 shared votes
52 Aye 29 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 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
21 Aye 5 No
10 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 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
86.8%
14% above average
Rank 63 of 649
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
512
590 eligible divisions
887
45.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
276
53.9% of votes cast
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
No votes
236
46.1% of votes cast
41
2.1% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.8% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

96
+13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 186 of 649
Appearances
102
+19.7 vs Commons average
Rank 159 of 649
167
+23.5 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 649
Contributions
135
-8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 225 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
£212,620
all imported IPSA years
£265,254
17% above average
Latest expenses
£212,620
6% below average
9
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
6
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Housing
60 of 67 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 votes
#5
NHS / Health
11 of 11 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