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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 132 shared comparable votes.

129 same votes 3 different votes 132 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
5 Aye 0 No
Education 100% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 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

81.6 %
8 % above average
Rank 176 of 647
Participation
31.7 %
41 % below average
Rank 636 of 647
1,895
2,323 eligible divisions
Total votes
170
537 eligible divisions
865
45.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
84
49.4 % of votes cast
1,030
54.4 % of votes cast
No votes
86
50.6 % of votes cast
41
2.2 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.6 % of votes cast
34 years, 2 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

83
+19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 148 of 647
Appearances
16
-47.7 vs Commons average
Rank 592 of 647
149
+35.2 vs Commons average
Rank 132 of 647
Contributions
18
-95.8 vs Commons average
Rank 601 of 647

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£156,380
all imported IPSA years
£265,254
17 % above average
Latest expenses
£156,380
31 % below average
11
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
Work / Employment
27 of 37 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Migration
7 of 11 votes
Housing
60 of 66 votes
#3
Housing
17 of 31 votes
Migration
152 of 169 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
2 of 4 votes
Crime / Justice
197 of 229 votes
#5
Defence
10 of 22 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API