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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 1,282 shared comparable votes.

1,044 same votes 238 different votes 1,282 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 19 No
Work / Employment 97% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 No
14 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 95% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No
16 Aye 21 No
Energy 95% aligned 37 shared votes
18 Aye 19 No
70 Aye 123 No
Brexit / EU 92% aligned 193 shared votes
71 Aye 122 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 23 No
Defence 60% aligned 43 shared votes
25 Aye 18 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

81.4%
9% above average
Rank 172 of 649
Participation
62.0%
11% below average
Rank 558 of 649
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,472
2,376 eligible divisions
887
45.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
732
49.7% of votes cast
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
No votes
740
50.3% of votes cast
41
2.1% of votes cast
Against party
11
0.7% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

99
+15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 174 of 649
Appearances
111
+27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 137 of 649
171
+25.1 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 649
Contributions
160
+14.1 vs Commons average
Rank 188 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
£2,714,557
all imported IPSA years
£265,254
17% above average
Latest expenses
£250,082
11% above average
9
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 67 votes
#3
Trade
70 of 91 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Defence
50 of 71 votes
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 votes
#5
Energy
47 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API