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Sir Iain Duncan Smith vs Rachel Taylor

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


Voting alignment

Sir Iain Duncan Smith and Rachel Taylor voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 336 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 328 different votes 336 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
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 13 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
11 Aye 7 No
22 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 44 shared votes
21 Aye 23 No
18 Aye 52 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
52 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 52 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
52 Aye 18 No
5 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
24 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 22 shared votes
20 Aye 2 No
10 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
11 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 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
79.2%
7% above average
Rank 220 of 649
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
467
590 eligible divisions
887
45.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
228
48.8% of votes cast
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
No votes
239
51.2% of votes cast
41
2.1% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

98
+15.9 vs Commons average
Rank 175 of 649
Appearances
124
+41.9 vs Commons average
Rank 104 of 649
172
+29.1 vs Commons average
Rank 164 of 649
Contributions
184
+41.1 vs Commons average
Rank 150 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
£240,723
all imported IPSA years
£265,254
17% above average
Latest expenses
£240,723
6% above average
9
3 registered categories
Registered interests
11
6 registered categories
6
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Housing
60 of 67 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Benefits
27 of 30 votes
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
53 of 62 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