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Sir Iain Duncan Smith vs Gill German

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


Voting alignment

Sir Iain Duncan Smith and Gill German voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 304 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 295 different votes 304 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
6 Aye 4 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 3 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
19 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 37 shared votes
17 Aye 20 No
26 Aye 42 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
42 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 42 No
Tax 0% aligned 68 shared votes
42 Aye 26 No
4 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
24 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
16 Aye 6 No
13 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 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
73.4%
1% above average
Rank 350 of 649
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
433
590 eligible divisions
887
45.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
203
46.9% of votes cast
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
No votes
230
53.1% 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

96
+13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 186 of 649
Appearances
21
-61.3 vs Commons average
Rank 593 of 649
167
+23.5 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 649
Contributions
28
-115.5 vs Commons average
Rank 581 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
£150,075
all imported IPSA years
£265,254
17% above average
Latest expenses
£150,075
34% below 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
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Transport
28 of 29 votes
Housing
60 of 67 votes
#3
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 votes
#5
Tax
87 of 112 votes

Recent voting overlap

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