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Sir Iain Duncan Smith vs Gareth Thomas

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


Voting alignment

Sir Iain Duncan Smith and Gareth Thomas voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,335 shared comparable votes.

59 same votes 1,276 different votes 1,335 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
27 Aye 32 No
Trade 7% aligned 59 shared votes
30 Aye 29 No
85 Aye 41 No
Migration 6% aligned 126 shared votes
38 Aye 88 No
17 Aye 21 No
Benefits 5% aligned 38 shared votes
19 Aye 19 No
9 Aye 14 No
Energy 4% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
13 Aye 37 No
Education 0% aligned 50 shared votes
37 Aye 13 No
26 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 49 shared votes
23 Aye 26 No
18 Aye 26 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 44 shared votes
26 Aye 18 No
21 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 43 shared votes
22 Aye 21 No
22 Aye 10 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 32 shared votes
10 Aye 22 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
66.5%
6% below average
Rank 491 of 649
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
887
45.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
56.7% of votes cast
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
No votes
684
43.3% of votes cast
41
2.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

99
+15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 174 of 649
Appearances
43
-40.7 vs Commons average
Rank 494 of 649
171
+25.1 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 649
Contributions
48
-97.9 vs Commons average
Rank 515 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
£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
£265,254
17% above average
Latest expenses
£293,113
30% above average
9
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
6
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
14
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
Brexit / EU
180 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Defence
59 of 71 votes
Housing
60 of 67 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Transport
70 of 95 votes
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 votes
#5
Trade
67 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

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