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Sir Iain Duncan Smith vs Helen Maguire

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


Voting alignment

Sir Iain Duncan Smith and Helen Maguire voted the same way 78% of the time, based on 253 shared comparable votes.

198 same votes 55 different votes 253 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
7 Aye 22 No
Education 97% aligned 29 shared votes
8 Aye 21 No
20 Aye 45 No
Tax 95% aligned 65 shared votes
23 Aye 42 No
0 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 90% aligned 20 shared votes
2 Aye 18 No
1 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 88% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 10 No
Benefits 85% aligned 13 shared votes
3 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
0 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 1 No
Migration 0% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 4 No
Energy 50% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 9 No
Housing 53% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 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
62.7%
10% below average
Rank 546 of 649
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
370
590 eligible divisions
887
45.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
192
51.9% of votes cast
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
No votes
178
48.1% 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, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

99
+15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 174 of 649
Appearances
158
+74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 56 of 649
171
+25.1 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 649
Contributions
185
+39.1 vs Commons average
Rank 153 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
£217,983
all imported IPSA years
£265,254
17% above average
Latest expenses
£217,983
4% below average
9
3 registered categories
Registered interests
17
7 registered categories
6
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Education
43 of 50 votes
Housing
60 of 67 votes
#3
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API