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Sir Iain Duncan Smith vs David Simmonds

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


Voting alignment

Sir Iain Duncan Smith and David Simmonds voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 1,142 shared comparable votes.

1,109 same votes 33 different votes 1,142 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
25 Aye 28 No
Defence 100% aligned 53 shared votes
25 Aye 28 No
19 Aye 32 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 51 shared votes
19 Aye 32 No
25 Aye 25 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 50 shared votes
25 Aye 25 No
22 Aye 25 No
Benefits 100% aligned 47 shared votes
22 Aye 25 No
28 Aye 13 No
Transport 100% aligned 41 shared votes
28 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 24 No
Trade 89% aligned 38 shared votes
16 Aye 22 No
11 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 90% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
93 Aye 40 No
Migration 95% aligned 133 shared votes
90 Aye 43 No
18 Aye 10 No
Environment / Climate 96% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
12 Aye 19 No
Energy 97% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

81.1%
9% above average
Rank 172 of 650
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 130 of 650
1,965
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,418
1,704 eligible divisions
900
45.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
682
48.1% of votes cast
1,065
54.2% of votes cast
No votes
736
51.9% of votes cast
41
2.1% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.6% of votes cast
34 years, 7 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
6 years, 11 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

100
+4.4 vs Commons average
Rank 231 of 650
Appearances
113
+17.4 vs Commons average
Rank 177 of 650
162
-4.4 vs Commons average
Rank 220 of 650
Contributions
171
+4.6 vs Commons average
Rank 203 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
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£265,254
17% above average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
8
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 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
209 of 212 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 41 votes
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
#2
Migration
145 of 154 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#3
Housing
50 of 55 votes
Housing
60 of 68 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
56 of 63 votes
Crime / Justice
198 of 234 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
40 of 45 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Aye
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API