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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.

Photograph of Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Con Chingford and Woodford Green
vs
Photograph of Michael Payne
Michael Payne
Lab Gedling

Voting alignment

Sir Iain Duncan Smith and Michael Payne voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 304 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 302 different votes 304 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
25 Aye 54 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
54 Aye 25 No
9 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
24 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 54 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
54 Aye 25 No
9 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
24 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
23 Aye 4 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

81.6 %
8 % above average
Rank 176 of 647
Participation
77.8 %
5 % above average
Rank 259 of 647
1,895
2,323 eligible divisions
Total votes
418
537 eligible divisions
865
45.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
219
52.4 % of votes cast
1,030
54.4 % of votes cast
No votes
199
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
18
-45.7 vs Commons average
Rank 582 of 647
149
+35.2 vs Commons average
Rank 132 of 647
Contributions
19
-94.8 vs Commons average
Rank 598 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
£216,868
all imported IPSA years
£265,254
17 % above average
Latest expenses
£216,868
4 % below average
11
3 registered categories
Registered interests
11
3 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
31 of 31 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Housing
60 of 66 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Migration
152 of 169 votes
#4
Education
48 of 49 votes
Crime / Justice
197 of 229 votes
#5
Transport
24 of 25 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
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
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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