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Sir Iain Duncan Smith vs Rushanara Ali

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

Photograph of Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Con Chingford and Woodford Green
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Photograph of Rushanara Ali
Rushanara Ali
Lab Bethnal Green and Stepney

Voting alignment

Sir Iain Duncan Smith and Rushanara Ali voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,527 shared comparable votes.

71 same votes 1,456 different votes 1,527 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
32 Aye 37 No
Trade 10% aligned 69 shared votes
38 Aye 31 No
10 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
15 Aye 28 No
Energy 5% aligned 43 shared votes
30 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 32 No
Benefits 4% aligned 48 shared votes
30 Aye 18 No
89 Aye 41 No
Migration 4% aligned 130 shared votes
38 Aye 92 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 33 No
Transport 0% aligned 67 shared votes
33 Aye 34 No
12 Aye 48 No
Education 0% aligned 60 shared votes
48 Aye 12 No
21 Aye 39 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 60 shared votes
39 Aye 21 No
24 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 51 shared votes
27 Aye 24 No
22 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 37 shared votes
15 Aye 22 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
76.3%
4% above average
Rank 280 of 649
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,812
2,376 eligible divisions
887
45.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,025
56.6% of votes cast
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
No votes
787
43.4% of votes cast
41
2.1% of votes cast
Against party
20
1.1% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

96
+13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 186 of 649
Appearances
46
-36.3 vs Commons average
Rank 473 of 649
167
+23.5 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 649
Contributions
43
-100.5 vs Commons average
Rank 534 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
£2,943,041
all imported IPSA years
£265,254
17% above average
Latest expenses
£325,502
44% above average
9
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 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
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Housing
60 of 67 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Housing
59 of 67 votes
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 votes
#5
Trade
80 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
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