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Sir Iain Duncan Smith vs Sam Carling

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


Voting alignment

Sir Iain Duncan Smith and Sam Carling voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 381 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 373 different votes 381 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
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 15 No
Benefits 10% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
22 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 47 shared votes
24 Aye 23 No
29 Aye 53 No
Tax 0% aligned 82 shared votes
53 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 53 No
Tax 0% aligned 82 shared votes
53 Aye 29 No
9 Aye 26 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
26 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
24 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 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
89.1%
16% above average
Rank 25 of 649
1,933
2,374 eligible divisions
Total votes
524
588 eligible divisions
887
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
273
52.1% of votes cast
1,046
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
251
47.9% of votes cast
41
2.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

98
+17.3 vs Commons average
Rank 172 of 649
Appearances
62
-18.7 vs Commons average
Rank 353 of 649
172
+31.4 vs Commons average
Rank 163 of 649
Contributions
83
-57.6 vs Commons average
Rank 386 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
£150,223
all imported IPSA years
£265,254
17% above average
Latest expenses
£150,223
34% below average
9
3 registered categories
Registered interests
8
2 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
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Housing
60 of 67 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Housing
31 of 32 votes
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 votes
#5
Energy
19 of 20 votes

Recent voting overlap

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