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Sir Iain Duncan Smith vs Gregory Stafford

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 Gregory Stafford
Gregory Stafford
Con Farnham and Bordon

Voting alignment

Sir Iain Duncan Smith and Gregory Stafford voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 316 shared comparable votes.

316 same votes 0 different votes 316 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
24 Aye 47 No
Tax 100% aligned 71 shared votes
24 Aye 47 No
24 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 46 shared votes
24 Aye 22 No
9 Aye 26 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
9 Aye 26 No
5 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
9 Aye 9 No
Defence 100% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 47 No
Tax 100% aligned 71 shared votes
24 Aye 47 No
24 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 46 shared votes
24 Aye 22 No
9 Aye 26 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
9 Aye 26 No
5 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
9 Aye 9 No
Defence 100% aligned 18 shared votes
9 Aye 9 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

81.5 %
9 % above average
Rank 173 of 649
Participation
76.0 %
3 % above average
Rank 290 of 649
1,925
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
437
575 eligible divisions
882
45.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
202
46.2 % of votes cast
1,043
54.2 % of votes cast
No votes
235
53.8 % of votes cast
41
2.1 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
34 years, 4 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

93
+15.1 vs Commons average
Rank 172 of 650
Appearances
143
+65.1 vs Commons average
Rank 68 of 650
171
+32.7 vs Commons average
Rank 152 of 650
Contributions
281
+142.7 vs Commons average
Rank 58 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£192,386
all imported IPSA years
£265,254
17 % above average
Latest expenses
£192,386
15 % below average
10
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
6
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
Tax
100 of 111 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Crime / Justice
54 of 62 votes
Housing
60 of 66 votes
#3
Work / Employment
33 of 39 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Education
41 of 50 votes
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 votes
#5
Energy
16 of 20 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners 7 Jul 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
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