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Sir Iain Duncan Smith vs Karl Turner

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 Karl Turner
Karl Turner
Ind Kingston upon Hull East

Voting alignment

Sir Iain Duncan Smith and Karl Turner voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,147 shared comparable votes.

48 same votes 1,099 different votes 1,147 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
21 Aye 28 No
Trade 8% aligned 49 shared votes
26 Aye 23 No
6 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 19 shared votes
14 Aye 5 No
15 Aye 25 No
Benefits 5% aligned 40 shared votes
23 Aye 17 No
9 Aye 11 No
Energy 5% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
64 Aye 105 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 169 shared votes
104 Aye 65 No
Most different by topic
56 Aye 52 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 108 shared votes
52 Aye 56 No
18 Aye 22 No
Housing 0% aligned 40 shared votes
22 Aye 18 No
12 Aye 26 No
Education 0% aligned 38 shared votes
26 Aye 12 No
16 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No
12 Aye 18 No
Defence 0% aligned 30 shared votes
18 Aye 12 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
56.9%
16% below average
Rank 598 of 649
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,353
2,376 eligible divisions
887
45.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
784
57.9% of votes cast
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
No votes
569
42.1% of votes cast
41
2.1% of votes cast
Against party
3
0.2% of votes cast
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

99
+15.4 vs Commons average
Rank 174 of 650
Appearances
31
-52.6 vs Commons average
Rank 555 of 650
171
+25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 650
Contributions
21
-124.7 vs Commons average
Rank 605 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
£2,663,153
all imported IPSA years
£265,254
17% above average
Latest expenses
£218,387
3% below average
9
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
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Housing
46 of 67 votes
Housing
60 of 67 votes
#3
Transport
64 of 95 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Benefits
52 of 81 votes
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 votes
#5
Trade
58 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 359 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 334 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: Jury trials 7 Jan 2026
Aye
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
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 21 Feb 2024
Tax
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 16 Jan 2023
Tax
No
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