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Sir Iain Duncan Smith vs Jas Athwal

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 Jas Athwal
Jas Athwal
Lab Ilford South

Voting alignment

Sir Iain Duncan Smith and Jas Athwal voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 350 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 343 different votes 350 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 13 No
Benefits 13% aligned 16 shared votes
11 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
19 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 35 shared votes
15 Aye 20 No
27 Aye 54 No
Tax 0% aligned 81 shared votes
54 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 54 No
Tax 0% aligned 81 shared votes
54 Aye 27 No
9 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 31 shared votes
22 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
23 Aye 5 No
11 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 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
83.7%
11% above average
Rank 117 of 649
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
494
590 eligible divisions
887
45.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
239
48.4% of votes cast
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
No votes
255
51.6% of votes cast
41
2.1% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

98
+16.3 vs Commons average
Rank 174 of 649
Appearances
50
-31.7 vs Commons average
Rank 445 of 649
172
+29.7 vs Commons average
Rank 164 of 649
Contributions
62
-80.3 vs Commons average
Rank 466 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
£164,547
all imported IPSA years
£265,254
17% above average
Latest expenses
£164,547
27% below average
9
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Housing
60 of 67 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Energy
19 of 20 votes
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 votes
#5
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion 3 Dec 2024
No
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