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Sir Iain Duncan Smith vs Peter Dowd

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


Voting alignment

Sir Iain Duncan Smith and Peter Dowd voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,378 shared comparable votes.

56 same votes 1,322 different votes 1,378 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
29 Aye 33 No
Trade 10% aligned 62 shared votes
31 Aye 31 No
15 Aye 21 No
Benefits 6% aligned 36 shared votes
19 Aye 17 No
89 Aye 57 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 146 shared votes
60 Aye 86 No
14 Aye 28 No
Energy 5% aligned 42 shared votes
30 Aye 12 No
16 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 27 No
Transport 0% aligned 61 shared votes
27 Aye 34 No
16 Aye 38 No
Education 0% aligned 54 shared votes
38 Aye 16 No
24 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 51 shared votes
27 Aye 24 No
18 Aye 31 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 49 shared votes
31 Aye 18 No
21 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 46 shared votes
25 Aye 21 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
68.9%
4% below average
Rank 449 of 649
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,637
2,376 eligible divisions
887
45.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
916
56.0% of votes cast
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
No votes
721
44.0% of votes cast
41
2.1% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

99
+15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 174 of 649
Appearances
41
-42.7 vs Commons average
Rank 503 of 649
171
+25.1 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 649
Contributions
29
-116.9 vs Commons average
Rank 583 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
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£265,254
17% above average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
9
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Work / Employment
64 of 77 votes
Housing
60 of 67 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 votes
#5
Trade
72 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

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