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Sir Iain Duncan Smith vs Heidi Alexander

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 Heidi Alexander
Heidi Alexander
Lab Swindon South

Voting alignment

Sir Iain Duncan Smith and Heidi Alexander voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 509 shared comparable votes.

12 same votes 497 different votes 509 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 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 15 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
13 Aye 6 No
27 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 10% aligned 40 shared votes
17 Aye 23 No
8 Aye 4 No
Migration 8% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 11 No
Energy 6% aligned 16 shared votes
12 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 65 No
Tax 0% aligned 101 shared votes
65 Aye 36 No
13 Aye 53 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 66 shared votes
53 Aye 13 No
14 Aye 20 No
Housing 0% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 No
9 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
24 Aye 9 No
15 Aye 13 No
Transport 0% aligned 28 shared votes
13 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

81.6 %
9 % above average
Rank 172 of 647
Participation
62.7 %
10 % below average
Rank 550 of 647
1,903
2,333 eligible divisions
Total votes
343
547 eligible divisions
871
45.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
161
46.9 % of votes cast
1,032
54.2 % of votes cast
No votes
182
53.1 % of votes cast
41
2.2 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
34 years, 2 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

84
+17.0 vs Commons average
Rank 161 of 649
Appearances
56
-11.0 vs Commons average
Rank 323 of 649
154
+34.9 vs Commons average
Rank 140 of 649
Contributions
443
+323.9 vs Commons average
Rank 19 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
£1,369,392
all imported IPSA years
£265,254
17 % above average
Latest expenses
£178,830
21 % below average
11
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Migration
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Transport
24 of 25 votes
Housing
60 of 66 votes
#3
Housing
26 of 31 votes
Migration
152 of 169 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
5 of 6 votes
Crime / Justice
197 of 229 votes
#5
Energy
14 of 17 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Sovereign Grant 2011 (Change of Percentage) Order 2017 15 Mar 2017
Aye
Aye
Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence (Ratification of Convention) Bill: Report Stage Amendment 14 24 Feb 2017
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence (Ratification of Convention) Bill: Report Stage Amendment 1 24 Feb 2017
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Opposition Motion: Chilcot Inquiry and parliamentary accountability 30 Nov 2016
No
Aye
Renewal of Trident nuclear weapons system 18 Jul 2016
Energy
Aye
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