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Sir Iain Duncan Smith vs Dr Beccy Cooper

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

Photograph of Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Con Chingford and Woodford Green
vs
Photograph of Dr Beccy Cooper
Dr Beccy Cooper
Lab Worthing West

Voting alignment

Sir Iain Duncan Smith and Dr Beccy Cooper voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 317 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 310 different votes 317 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
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 7 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
22 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 45 shared votes
22 Aye 23 No
17 Aye 44 No
Tax 0% aligned 61 shared votes
44 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 44 No
Tax 0% aligned 61 shared votes
44 Aye 17 No
5 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
26 Aye 5 No
14 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
9 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 16 shared votes
7 Aye 9 No
6 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 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
74.1%
1% above average
Rank 332 of 649
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
437
590 eligible divisions
887
45.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
224
51.3% of votes cast
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
No votes
213
48.7% 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

96
+14.2 vs Commons average
Rank 185 of 649
Appearances
45
-36.8 vs Commons average
Rank 480 of 649
167
+24.5 vs Commons average
Rank 168 of 649
Contributions
64
-78.5 vs Commons average
Rank 460 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
£235,147
all imported IPSA years
£265,254
17% above average
Latest expenses
£235,147
4% above average
9
3 registered categories
Registered interests
10
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
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Housing
60 of 67 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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