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Sir Iain Duncan Smith vs Paulette Hamilton

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


Voting alignment

Sir Iain Duncan Smith and Paulette Hamilton voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 691 shared comparable votes.

28 same votes 663 different votes 691 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
7 Aye 17 No
Benefits 8% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 7% aligned 14 shared votes
4 Aye 10 No
73 Aye 26 No
Migration 6% aligned 99 shared votes
20 Aye 79 No
40 Aye 39 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 79 shared votes
38 Aye 41 No
31 Aye 76 No
Tax 3% aligned 107 shared votes
73 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 42 shared votes
30 Aye 12 No
10 Aye 29 No
Education 0% aligned 39 shared votes
29 Aye 10 No
9 Aye 23 No
Housing 0% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 20 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 27 shared votes
20 Aye 7 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
75.5%
3% above average
Rank 299 of 649
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
883
1,170 eligible divisions
887
45.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
435
49.3% of votes cast
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
No votes
448
50.7% of votes cast
41
2.1% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.8% of votes cast
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
4 years, 7 months
Since 3 Mar 2022

Debates

99
+15.4 vs Commons average
Rank 174 of 650
Appearances
62
-21.6 vs Commons average
Rank 366 of 650
171
+25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 650
Contributions
82
-63.7 vs Commons average
Rank 398 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
£789,073
all imported IPSA years
£265,254
17% above average
Latest expenses
£285,345
26% above average
9
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 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
57 of 63 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Education
55 of 61 votes
Housing
60 of 67 votes
#3
Migration
113 of 126 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API