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Sir Iain Duncan Smith vs Neil O'Brien

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


Voting alignment

Sir Iain Duncan Smith and Neil O'Brien voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,593 shared comparable votes.

1,560 same votes 33 different votes 1,593 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
86 Aye 72 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 158 shared votes
86 Aye 72 No
27 Aye 42 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 69 shared votes
27 Aye 42 No
38 Aye 31 No
Transport 100% aligned 69 shared votes
38 Aye 31 No
28 Aye 30 No
Defence 100% aligned 58 shared votes
28 Aye 30 No
25 Aye 32 No
Benefits 100% aligned 57 shared votes
25 Aye 32 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 42 No
Trade 94% aligned 69 shared votes
29 Aye 40 No
66 Aye 109 No
Brexit / EU 94% aligned 175 shared votes
70 Aye 105 No
89 Aye 39 No
Migration 96% aligned 128 shared votes
94 Aye 34 No
22 Aye 13 No
Environment / Climate 97% aligned 35 shared votes
23 Aye 12 No
16 Aye 23 No
Housing 97% aligned 39 shared votes
15 Aye 24 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

81.2%
9% above average
Rank 170 of 650
Participation
84.0%
12% above average
Rank 108 of 650
1,962
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,817
2,162 eligible divisions
898
45.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
899
49.5% of votes cast
1,064
54.2% of votes cast
No votes
918
50.5% of votes cast
41
2.1% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3% of votes cast
34 years, 7 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
9 years, 5 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

98
+3.5 vs Commons average
Rank 232 of 650
Appearances
19
-75.5 vs Commons average
Rank 611 of 650
158
-6.6 vs Commons average
Rank 225 of 650
Contributions
23
-141.6 vs Commons average
Rank 611 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
£1,900,002
all imported IPSA years
£265,254
17% above average
Latest expenses
£311,946
38% above average
8
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
209 of 212 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
45 of 47 votes
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
178 of 189 votes
Housing
60 of 67 votes
#3
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Trade
83 of 90 votes
Crime / Justice
198 of 234 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API