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Sir Iain Duncan Smith vs Sammy Wilson

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


Voting alignment

Sir Iain Duncan Smith and Sammy Wilson voted the same way 81% of the time, based on 1,257 shared comparable votes.

1,019 same votes 238 different votes 1,257 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
0 Aye 3 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
11 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 96% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
14 Aye 21 No
Energy 94% aligned 35 shared votes
16 Aye 19 No
12 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 94% aligned 17 shared votes
13 Aye 4 No
70 Aye 123 No
Brexit / EU 92% aligned 193 shared votes
71 Aye 122 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 22 No
Defence 55% aligned 38 shared votes
21 Aye 17 No
15 Aye 25 No
Benefits 63% aligned 40 shared votes
18 Aye 22 No
13 Aye 11 No
Housing 63% aligned 24 shared votes
18 Aye 6 No
11 Aye 9 No
Environment / Climate 65% aligned 20 shared votes
14 Aye 6 No
63 Aye 25 No
Migration 66% aligned 88 shared votes
55 Aye 33 No

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

Voting record

81.6 %
8 % above average
Rank 176 of 647
Participation
62.0 %
11 % below average
Rank 559 of 647
1,895
2,323 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,440
2,323 eligible divisions
865
45.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
713
49.5 % of votes cast
1,030
54.4 % of votes cast
No votes
727
50.5 % of votes cast
41
2.2 % of votes cast
Against party
11
0.8 % of votes cast
34 years, 2 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
21 years, 1 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

83
+19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 148 of 647
Appearances
91
+27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 115 of 647
149
+35.2 vs Commons average
Rank 132 of 647
Contributions
114
+0.2 vs Commons average
Rank 197 of 647

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,714,557
all imported IPSA years
£265,254
17 % above average
Latest expenses
£250,082
11 % above average
11
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
Brexit / EU
195 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Housing
60 of 66 votes
#3
Trade
67 of 88 votes
Migration
152 of 169 votes
#4
Defence
44 of 59 votes
Crime / Justice
197 of 229 votes
#5
Energy
45 of 67 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API