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Sir Iain Duncan Smith vs Jim Allister

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


Voting alignment

Sir Iain Duncan Smith and Jim Allister voted the same way 93% of the time, based on 283 shared comparable votes.

263 same votes 20 different votes 283 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
6 Aye 10 No
Defence 100% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No
2 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 5 No
Energy 100% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
1 Aye 5 No
Transport 100% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
6 Aye 9 No
Housing 67% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 71% aligned 7 shared votes
7 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 7 No
Benefits 82% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 86% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
20 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 92% aligned 38 shared votes
17 Aye 21 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
71.9 %
1 % below average
Rank 391 of 647
1,895
2,323 eligible divisions
Total votes
386
537 eligible divisions
865
45.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
189
49.0 % of votes cast
1,030
54.4 % of votes cast
No votes
197
51.0 % 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
165
+101.3 vs Commons average
Rank 17 of 647
149
+35.2 vs Commons average
Rank 132 of 647
Contributions
202
+88.2 vs Commons average
Rank 82 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
£209,116
all imported IPSA years
£265,254
17 % above average
Latest expenses
£209,116
8 % below average
11
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 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
Defence
22 of 22 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Housing
60 of 66 votes
#3
Trade
4 of 4 votes
Migration
152 of 169 votes
#4
Migration
10 of 11 votes
Crime / Justice
197 of 229 votes
#5
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API