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Sir Iain Duncan Smith vs Mr Luke Charters

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


Voting alignment

Sir Iain Duncan Smith and Mr Luke Charters voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 353 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 344 different votes 353 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
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 13 No
Benefits 11% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
21 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 41 shared votes
19 Aye 22 No
26 Aye 48 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
48 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 48 No
Tax 0% aligned 74 shared votes
48 Aye 26 No
9 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
25 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
22 Aye 5 No
10 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 17 shared votes
9 Aye 8 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
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 132 of 649
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
491
590 eligible divisions
887
45.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
248
50.5% of votes cast
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
No votes
243
49.5% of votes cast
41
2.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% 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
82
-0.3 vs Commons average
Rank 253 of 649
167
+23.5 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 649
Contributions
108
-35.5 vs Commons average
Rank 316 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
£244,344
all imported IPSA years
£265,254
17% above average
Latest expenses
£244,344
8% above average
9
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
6
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Housing
60 of 67 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 votes
#5
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API