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Sir Iain Duncan Smith vs John Whitby

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


Voting alignment

Sir Iain Duncan Smith and John Whitby voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 380 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 373 different votes 380 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 3 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 15 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
22 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 47 shared votes
24 Aye 23 No
25 Aye 48 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
48 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 48 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
48 Aye 25 No
6 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
24 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
24 Aye 5 No
14 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 27 shared votes
13 Aye 14 No
7 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 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
88.8%
16% above average
Rank 28 of 649
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
524
590 eligible divisions
887
45.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
266
50.8% of votes cast
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
No votes
258
49.2% of votes cast
41
2.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

99
+15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 174 of 649
Appearances
62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 360 of 649
171
+25.1 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 649
Contributions
76
-69.9 vs Commons average
Rank 421 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
£191,904
all imported IPSA years
£265,254
17% above average
Latest expenses
£191,904
15% below average
9
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
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
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Housing
60 of 67 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API