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Sir Iain Duncan Smith vs Kirsty Blackman

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


Voting alignment

Sir Iain Duncan Smith and Kirsty Blackman voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,117 shared comparable votes.

70 same votes 1,047 different votes 1,117 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
13 Aye 19 No
Energy 22% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 No
57 Aye 114 No
Tax 19% aligned 171 shared votes
109 Aye 62 No
3 Aye 4 No
Housing 14% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
9 Aye 28 No
Digital / Online Safety 11% aligned 37 shared votes
26 Aye 11 No
30 Aye 36 No
Trade 9% aligned 66 shared votes
36 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 30 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 47 shared votes
30 Aye 17 No
17 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 31 shared votes
14 Aye 17 No
2 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 6 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 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
55.9%
17% below average
Rank 601 of 649
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,328
2,376 eligible divisions
887
45.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
757
57.0% of votes cast
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
No votes
571
43.0% 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
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

96
+13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 186 of 649
Appearances
88
+5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 222 of 649
167
+23.5 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 649
Contributions
129
-14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 237 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
£2,143,527
all imported IPSA years
£265,254
17% above average
Latest expenses
£320,448
42% above average
9
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
6
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
200 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Trade
80 of 91 votes
Housing
60 of 67 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 votes
#5
Migration
135 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API