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Sir Iain Duncan Smith vs Emma Foody

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 Emma Foody
Emma Foody
Lab Cramlington and Killingworth

Voting alignment

Sir Iain Duncan Smith and Emma Foody voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 344 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 336 different votes 344 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
3 Aye 3 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 7 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
21 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 46 shared votes
24 Aye 22 No
24 Aye 52 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
52 Aye 24 No
9 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
22 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 52 No
Tax 0% aligned 76 shared votes
52 Aye 24 No
9 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
22 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
26 Aye 5 No
14 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
8 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 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
84.2%
12% above average
Rank 111 of 649
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
497
590 eligible divisions
887
45.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
243
48.9% of votes cast
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
No votes
254
51.1% of votes cast
41
2.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% 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
38
-43.7 vs Commons average
Rank 516 of 649
172
+29.7 vs Commons average
Rank 164 of 649
Contributions
46
-96.3 vs Commons average
Rank 520 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
£188,107
all imported IPSA years
£265,254
17% above average
Latest expenses
£188,107
17% below average
9
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
6
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Housing
60 of 67 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 votes
#5
Energy
19 of 20 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: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
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
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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