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Sir Iain Duncan Smith vs Ruth Jones

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
vs
Photograph of Ruth Jones
Ruth Jones
Lab Newport West and Islwyn

Voting alignment

Sir Iain Duncan Smith and Ruth Jones voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,047 shared comparable votes.

38 same votes 1,009 different votes 1,047 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
11 Aye 21 No
Trade 13% aligned 32 shared votes
19 Aye 13 No
85 Aye 35 No
Migration 6% aligned 120 shared votes
30 Aye 90 No
17 Aye 25 No
Benefits 5% aligned 42 shared votes
23 Aye 19 No
9 Aye 15 No
Energy 4% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
15 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 24 shared votes
10 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 31 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 62 shared votes
31 Aye 31 No
23 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 47 shared votes
24 Aye 23 No
10 Aye 34 No
Education 0% aligned 44 shared votes
34 Aye 10 No
13 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 42 shared votes
29 Aye 13 No
17 Aye 24 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 41 shared votes
24 Aye 17 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
78.1%
5% above average
Rank 241 of 649
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,337
1,712 eligible divisions
887
45.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
694
51.9% of votes cast
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
No votes
643
48.1% of votes cast
41
2.1% of votes cast
Against party
16
1.2% of votes cast
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
7 years, 6 months
Since 4 Apr 2019

Debates

99
+15.4 vs Commons average
Rank 174 of 650
Appearances
53
-30.6 vs Commons average
Rank 430 of 650
171
+25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 650
Contributions
78
-67.7 vs Commons average
Rank 418 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
£1,494,987
all imported IPSA years
£265,254
17% above average
Latest expenses
£296,369
31% above average
9
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
6
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 55 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Education
61 of 69 votes
Housing
60 of 67 votes
#3
Migration
136 of 154 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Work / Employment
60 of 68 votes
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 votes
#5
Housing
47 of 54 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: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
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
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
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
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
No
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 21 Feb 2024
Tax
No
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