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Sir Iain Duncan Smith vs Priti Patel

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


Voting alignment

Sir Iain Duncan Smith and Priti Patel voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,333 shared comparable votes.

1,313 same votes 20 different votes 1,333 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
67 Aye 121 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 188 shared votes
67 Aye 121 No
33 Aye 22 No
Transport 100% aligned 55 shared votes
33 Aye 22 No
12 Aye 35 No
Education 100% aligned 47 shared votes
12 Aye 35 No
16 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 45 shared votes
16 Aye 29 No
18 Aye 24 No
Defence 100% aligned 42 shared votes
18 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 39 No
Trade 94% aligned 67 shared votes
30 Aye 37 No
73 Aye 27 No
Migration 95% aligned 100 shared votes
70 Aye 30 No
21 Aye 28 No
Housing 98% aligned 49 shared votes
20 Aye 29 No
61 Aye 57 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 118 shared votes
60 Aye 58 No
71 Aye 126 No
Tax 99% aligned 197 shared votes
70 Aye 127 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

81.3%
9% above average
Rank 172 of 650
Participation
61.9%
10% below average
Rank 556 of 650
1,952
2,401 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,487
2,401 eligible divisions
898
46.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
679
45.7% of votes cast
1,054
54.0% of votes cast
No votes
808
54.3% of votes cast
41
2.1% of votes cast
Against party
14
0.9% of votes cast
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

93
+6.2 vs Commons average
Rank 216 of 650
Appearances
70
-16.8 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 650
163
+11.8 vs Commons average
Rank 191 of 650
Contributions
96
-55.2 vs Commons average
Rank 363 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
£2,462,741
all imported IPSA years
£265,254
17% above average
Latest expenses
£244,429
8% above average
9
3 registered categories
Registered interests
12
3 registered categories
6
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
12
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
Brexit / EU
189 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
69 of 76 votes
#2
Trade
73 of 94 votes
Housing
60 of 67 votes
#3
Housing
52 of 67 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
Crime / Justice
198 of 234 votes
#5
Tax
218 of 324 votes

Recent voting overlap

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