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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 346 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 340 different votes 346 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 3 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 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
23 Aye 48 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
48 Aye 23 No
6 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
24 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 48 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
48 Aye 23 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
7 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 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
89.2 %
16 % above average
Rank 35 of 647
1,895
2,323 eligible divisions
Total votes
479
537 eligible divisions
865
45.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
251
52.4 % of votes cast
1,030
54.4 % of votes cast
No votes
228
47.6 % 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
44
-19.7 vs Commons average
Rank 397 of 647
149
+35.2 vs Commons average
Rank 132 of 647
Contributions
55
-58.8 vs Commons average
Rank 440 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
£189,571
all imported IPSA years
£265,254
17 % above average
Latest expenses
£189,571
16 % below average
11
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
Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Housing
60 of 66 votes
#3
Migration
152 of 169 votes
#4
Defence
22 of 22 votes
Crime / Justice
197 of 229 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API