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Sir Iain Duncan Smith vs Michael Payne

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


Voting alignment

Sir Iain Duncan Smith and Michael Payne voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 329 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 327 different votes 329 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
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
13 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No
27 Aye 54 No
Tax 0% aligned 81 shared votes
54 Aye 27 No
9 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
24 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
25 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 54 No
Tax 0% aligned 81 shared votes
54 Aye 27 No
9 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
24 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
25 Aye 4 No
8 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 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
76.6%
4% above average
Rank 276 of 649
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
452
590 eligible divisions
887
45.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
233
51.5% of votes cast
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
No votes
219
48.5% 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
24
-59.7 vs Commons average
Rank 580 of 649
171
+25.1 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 649
Contributions
27
-118.9 vs Commons average
Rank 589 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
£216,868
all imported IPSA years
£265,254
17% above average
Latest expenses
£216,868
4% below average
9
3 registered categories
Registered interests
10
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
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Housing
60 of 67 votes
#3
Transport
28 of 29 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Education
48 of 50 votes
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 votes
#5
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API