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Sir Iain Duncan Smith vs David Taylor

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


Voting alignment

Sir Iain Duncan Smith and David Taylor voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 347 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 340 different votes 347 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
6 Aye 13 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
20 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 43 shared votes
23 Aye 20 No
26 Aye 47 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
47 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 47 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
47 Aye 26 No
5 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
24 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
11 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 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
83.7%
11% above average
Rank 118 of 649
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
494
590 eligible divisions
887
45.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
246
49.8% of votes cast
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
No votes
248
50.2% 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, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

98
+16.3 vs Commons average
Rank 174 of 649
Appearances
31
-50.7 vs Commons average
Rank 551 of 649
172
+29.7 vs Commons average
Rank 164 of 649
Contributions
37
-105.3 vs Commons average
Rank 556 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
£181,421
all imported IPSA years
£265,254
17% above average
Latest expenses
£181,421
20% below average
9
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 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
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
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
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