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Sir Iain Duncan Smith vs Gen Kitchen

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 Gen Kitchen
Gen Kitchen
Lab Wellingborough and Rushden

Voting alignment

Sir Iain Duncan Smith and Gen Kitchen voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 379 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 372 different votes 379 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
5 Aye 14 No
Benefits 5% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No
16 Aye 4 No
Migration 5% aligned 20 shared votes
3 Aye 17 No
14 Aye 9 No
Transport 4% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
17 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 38 shared votes
20 Aye 18 No
28 Aye 43 No
Tax 1% aligned 71 shared votes
42 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
25 Aye 2 No
10 Aye 13 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 No
11 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 No
2 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 13 shared votes
11 Aye 2 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
87.9%
15% above average
Rank 46 of 649
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
594
676 eligible divisions
887
45.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
285
48.0% of votes cast
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
No votes
309
52.0% 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, 7 months
Since 15 Feb 2024

Debates

99
+15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 174 of 649
Appearances
0
-83.7 vs Commons average
Rank 639 of 649
171
+25.1 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 649
Contributions
0
-145.9 vs Commons average
Rank 637 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
£248,055
all imported IPSA years
£265,254
17% above average
Latest expenses
£248,055
10% above average
9
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 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
Education
50 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Transport
31 of 31 votes
Housing
60 of 67 votes
#3
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 votes
#5
NHS / Health
12 of 12 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
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
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 21 Feb 2024
Tax
No
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