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Sir Iain Duncan Smith vs Jayne Kirkham

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


Voting alignment

Sir Iain Duncan Smith and Jayne Kirkham voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 314 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 309 different votes 314 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 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 14 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
18 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 40 shared votes
21 Aye 19 No
22 Aye 47 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
47 Aye 22 No
9 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
24 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 47 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
47 Aye 22 No
9 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
24 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
23 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% 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

81.6 %
8 % above average
Rank 176 of 647
Participation
81.8 %
9 % above average
Rank 171 of 647
1,895
2,323 eligible divisions
Total votes
439
537 eligible divisions
865
45.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
226
51.5 % of votes cast
1,030
54.4 % of votes cast
No votes
213
48.5 % 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

83
+19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 148 of 647
Appearances
120
+56.3 vs Commons average
Rank 53 of 647
149
+35.2 vs Commons average
Rank 132 of 647
Contributions
145
+31.2 vs Commons average
Rank 139 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£143,536
all imported IPSA years
£265,254
17 % above average
Latest expenses
£143,536
37 % below average
11
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Defence
22 of 22 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
6 of 6 votes
Housing
60 of 66 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Migration
152 of 169 votes
#4
Work / Employment
36 of 37 votes
Crime / Justice
197 of 229 votes
#5
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API