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Sir Iain Duncan Smith vs Paula Barker

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


Voting alignment

Sir Iain Duncan Smith and Paula Barker voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,044 shared comparable votes.

43 same votes 1,001 different votes 1,044 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
13 Aye 22 No
Trade 11% aligned 35 shared votes
20 Aye 15 No
17 Aye 27 No
Benefits 7% aligned 44 shared votes
24 Aye 20 No
83 Aye 31 No
Migration 5% aligned 114 shared votes
27 Aye 87 No
9 Aye 15 No
Energy 4% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
15 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 30 No
Defence 0% aligned 56 shared votes
30 Aye 26 No
24 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 48 shared votes
24 Aye 24 No
12 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 42 shared votes
30 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 26 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
26 Aye 9 No
12 Aye 23 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 35 shared votes
23 Aye 12 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
79.1%
6% above average
Rank 222 of 649
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,311
1,658 eligible divisions
887
45.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
683
52.1% of votes cast
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
No votes
628
47.9% of votes cast
41
2.1% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

99
+15.4 vs Commons average
Rank 174 of 650
Appearances
80
-3.6 vs Commons average
Rank 273 of 650
171
+25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 650
Contributions
82
-63.7 vs Commons average
Rank 399 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
£1,383,596
all imported IPSA years
£265,254
17% above average
Latest expenses
£322,425
43% above average
9
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
Housing
52 of 54 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 47 votes
Housing
60 of 67 votes
#3
Defence
67 of 70 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 votes
#5
Work / Employment
60 of 67 votes

Recent voting overlap

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