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Sir Iain Duncan Smith vs Nigel Farage

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


Voting alignment

Sir Iain Duncan Smith and Nigel Farage voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 138 shared comparable votes.

135 same votes 3 different votes 138 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
12 Aye 12 No
Tax 100% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
2 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 20 shared votes
2 Aye 18 No
3 Aye 6 No
Defence 100% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 3 No
Migration 100% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 100% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 3 No
Crime / Justice 93% aligned 14 shared votes
12 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 10 No
Housing 93% aligned 15 shared votes
4 Aye 11 No
12 Aye 12 No
Tax 100% aligned 24 shared votes
12 Aye 12 No
2 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 20 shared votes
2 Aye 18 No
3 Aye 6 No
Defence 100% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 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
40.0%
33% below average
Rank 634 of 649
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
6
15 eligible divisions
887
45.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
4
66.7% of votes cast
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
No votes
2
33.3% of votes cast
41
2.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
1 months
Since 13 Aug 2026

Debates

99
+15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 174 of 649
Appearances
13
-70.7 vs Commons average
Rank 615 of 649
171
+25.1 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 649
Contributions
15
-130.9 vs Commons average
Rank 617 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
£162,580
all imported IPSA years
£265,254
17% above average
Latest expenses
£162,580
28% below average
9
3 registered categories
Registered interests
35
7 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
Democracy / Parliament
4 of 4 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
No topic data
Housing
60 of 67 votes
#3
No topic data
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
No topic data
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 votes
#5
No topic data
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API