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Sir Iain Duncan Smith vs John Slinger

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 John Slinger
John Slinger
Lab Rugby

Voting alignment

Sir Iain Duncan Smith and John Slinger voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 394 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 386 different votes 394 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
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
6 Aye 14 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
20 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 41 shared votes
20 Aye 21 No
26 Aye 52 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
52 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 52 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
52 Aye 26 No
9 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
25 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
4 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
21 Aye 4 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

81.3%
9% above average
Rank 172 of 650
Participation
86.3%
14% above average
Rank 67 of 650
1,956
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
535
620 eligible divisions
898
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
272
50.8% of votes cast
1,058
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
263
49.2% of votes cast
41
2.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

98
+5.1 vs Commons average
Rank 227 of 650
Appearances
191
+98.1 vs Commons average
Rank 40 of 650
160
-1.6 vs Commons average
Rank 217 of 650
Contributions
222
+60.4 vs Commons average
Rank 134 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£168,663
all imported IPSA years
£265,254
17% above average
Latest expenses
£168,663
25% below average
9
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
209 of 212 votes
#1
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Housing
60 of 67 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Crime / Justice
198 of 234 votes
#5
Benefits
29 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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