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Sir Iain Duncan Smith vs Joe Robertson

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


Voting alignment

Sir Iain Duncan Smith and Joe Robertson voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 331 shared comparable votes.

329 same votes 2 different votes 331 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
25 Aye 51 No
Tax 100% aligned 76 shared votes
25 Aye 51 No
18 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
18 Aye 24 No
8 Aye 25 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
8 Aye 25 No
7 Aye 19 No
Housing 100% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No
5 Aye 15 No
Benefits 100% aligned 20 shared votes
5 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
5 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 71% aligned 7 shared votes
7 Aye 0 No
25 Aye 51 No
Tax 100% aligned 76 shared votes
25 Aye 51 No
18 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
18 Aye 24 No
8 Aye 25 No
Education 100% aligned 33 shared votes
8 Aye 25 No
7 Aye 19 No
Housing 100% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 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
74.5 %
1 % above average
Rank 334 of 647
1,895
2,323 eligible divisions
Total votes
400
537 eligible divisions
865
45.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
176
44.0 % of votes cast
1,030
54.4 % of votes cast
No votes
224
56.0 % of votes cast
41
2.2 % of votes cast
Against party
2
0.5 % 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
127
+63.3 vs Commons average
Rank 38 of 647
149
+35.2 vs Commons average
Rank 132 of 647
Contributions
213
+99.2 vs Commons average
Rank 75 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
£165,302
all imported IPSA years
£265,254
17 % above average
Latest expenses
£165,302
27 % below average
11
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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
Housing
27 of 31 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Tax
93 of 108 votes
Housing
60 of 66 votes
#3
Migration
152 of 169 votes
#4
Energy
14 of 17 votes
Crime / Justice
197 of 229 votes
#5
Education
39 of 49 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API