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Sir Iain Duncan Smith vs Helen Whately
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Sir Iain Duncan Smith and Helen Whately voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,780 shared comparable votes.
1,744 same votes
36 different votes
1,780 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
81.2%
9% above average
Participation
83.4%
11% above average
1,962
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,015
2,417 eligible divisions
898
45.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
964
47.8% of votes cast
1,064
54.2% of votes cast
No votes
1,051
52.2% of votes cast
41
2.1% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% of votes cast
34 years, 7 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015
Debates
98
+3.5 vs Commons average
Appearances
52
-42.5 vs Commons average
158
-6.6 vs Commons average
Contributions
74
-90.6 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,969,279
all imported IPSA years
£265,254
17% above average
Latest expenses
£269,510
19% above average
8
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
2 registered categories
6
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
No
rebel
Illegal Migration Bill: Government Amendments (a) and (b) in lieu of Lords Amendments 31, 35 & 36
11 Jul 2023
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
No
No
No
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API