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Sir Iain Duncan Smith vs Lorraine Beavers

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


Voting alignment

Sir Iain Duncan Smith and Lorraine Beavers voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 367 shared comparable votes.

12 same votes 355 different votes 367 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 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 13 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
18 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 10% aligned 41 shared votes
23 Aye 18 No
27 Aye 55 No
Tax 0% aligned 82 shared votes
55 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 55 No
Tax 0% aligned 82 shared votes
55 Aye 27 No
9 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
25 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
25 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 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
86.3%
14% above average
Rank 71 of 649
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
509
590 eligible divisions
887
45.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
268
52.7% of votes cast
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
No votes
241
47.3% of votes cast
41
2.1% of votes cast
Against party
9
1.8% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

96
+13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 186 of 649
Appearances
67
-15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 649
167
+23.5 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 649
Contributions
84
-59.5 vs Commons average
Rank 385 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
£199,406
all imported IPSA years
£265,254
17% above average
Latest expenses
£199,406
12% below average
9
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
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
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Housing
60 of 67 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 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