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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 323 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 321 different votes 323 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

81.5 %
9 % above average
Rank 173 of 649
Participation
76.9 %
4 % above average
Rank 272 of 649
1,925
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
442
575 eligible divisions
882
45.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
230
52.0 % of votes cast
1,043
54.2 % of votes cast
No votes
212
48.0 % of votes cast
41
2.1 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
34 years, 4 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

93
+15.1 vs Commons average
Rank 172 of 650
Appearances
25
-52.9 vs Commons average
Rank 564 of 650
171
+32.7 vs Commons average
Rank 152 of 650
Contributions
28
-110.3 vs Commons average
Rank 575 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
£216,868
all imported IPSA years
£265,254
17 % above average
Latest expenses
£216,868
4 % below average
10
3 registered categories
Registered interests
11
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
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
153 of 171 votes
#4
Transport
28 of 29 votes
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 votes
#5
Education
48 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
No
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
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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