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Sir Iain Duncan Smith vs Derek Twigg

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


Voting alignment

Sir Iain Duncan Smith and Derek Twigg voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,137 shared comparable votes.

68 same votes 1,069 different votes 1,137 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
18 Aye 18 No
Trade 11% aligned 36 shared votes
16 Aye 20 No
58 Aye 62 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 120 shared votes
62 Aye 58 No
45 Aye 97 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 142 shared votes
96 Aye 46 No
13 Aye 29 No
Benefits 5% aligned 42 shared votes
27 Aye 15 No
10 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 33 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 47 shared votes
33 Aye 14 No
30 Aye 17 No
Transport 0% aligned 47 shared votes
17 Aye 30 No
9 Aye 28 No
Education 0% aligned 37 shared votes
28 Aye 9 No
14 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 35 shared votes
21 Aye 14 No
23 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 35 shared votes
12 Aye 23 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
58.0%
15% below average
Rank 587 of 649
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,377
2,376 eligible divisions
887
45.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
793
57.6% of votes cast
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
No votes
584
42.4% of votes cast
41
2.1% of votes cast
Against party
27
2.0% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

96
+13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 186 of 649
Appearances
52
-30.3 vs Commons average
Rank 433 of 649
167
+23.5 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 649
Contributions
39
-104.5 vs Commons average
Rank 548 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
£2,034,454
all imported IPSA years
£265,254
17% above average
Latest expenses
£227,917
1% above average
9
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
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
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
51 of 69 votes
Housing
60 of 67 votes
#3
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
144 of 211 votes
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
32 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

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