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Sir Iain Duncan Smith vs Mr Paul Kohler

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


Voting alignment

Sir Iain Duncan Smith and Mr Paul Kohler voted the same way 81% of the time, based on 247 shared comparable votes.

199 same votes 48 different votes 247 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
8 Aye 20 No
Education 100% aligned 28 shared votes
8 Aye 20 No
19 Aye 38 No
Tax 95% aligned 57 shared votes
22 Aye 35 No
2 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 92% aligned 13 shared votes
3 Aye 10 No
4 Aye 8 No
Defence 92% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 No
1 Aye 8 No
Benefits 89% aligned 9 shared votes
0 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
0 Aye 4 No
Energy 0% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
0 Aye 3 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
0 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 60% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 2 No
Foreign Affairs 67% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 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
59.2%
13% below average
Rank 580 of 649
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
349
590 eligible divisions
887
45.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
180
51.6% of votes cast
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
No votes
169
48.4% of votes cast
41
2.1% of votes cast
Against party
15
4.3% 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
69
-14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 322 of 649
171
+25.1 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 649
Contributions
103
-42.9 vs Commons average
Rank 329 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
£147,138
all imported IPSA years
£265,254
17% above average
Latest expenses
£147,138
35% below average
9
3 registered categories
Registered interests
11
5 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
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Education
42 of 50 votes
Housing
60 of 67 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
7 of 9 votes
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API