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Sir Iain Duncan Smith vs David Burton-Sampson

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


Voting alignment

Sir Iain Duncan Smith and David Burton-Sampson voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 378 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 368 different votes 378 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 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 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 24 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 48 shared votes
23 Aye 25 No
28 Aye 55 No
Tax 0% aligned 83 shared votes
55 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 55 No
Tax 0% aligned 83 shared votes
55 Aye 28 No
9 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
25 Aye 9 No
14 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
2 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
21 Aye 2 No
12 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 21 shared votes
9 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
87.3%
15% above average
Rank 58 of 649
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
515
590 eligible divisions
887
45.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
268
52.0% of votes cast
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
No votes
247
48.0% of votes cast
41
2.1% of votes cast
Against party
3
0.6% 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
54
-28.3 vs Commons average
Rank 421 of 649
167
+23.5 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 649
Contributions
56
-87.5 vs Commons average
Rank 485 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
£191,962
all imported IPSA years
£265,254
17% above average
Latest expenses
£191,962
15% below average
9
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
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
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
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
Migration
13 of 13 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API