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Sir Iain Duncan Smith vs Saqib Bhatti

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


Voting alignment

Sir Iain Duncan Smith and Saqib Bhatti voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,194 shared comparable votes.

1,167 same votes 27 different votes 1,194 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
34 Aye 30 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 64 shared votes
34 Aye 30 No
26 Aye 31 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 57 shared votes
26 Aye 31 No
23 Aye 26 No
Defence 100% aligned 49 shared votes
23 Aye 26 No
30 Aye 18 No
Transport 100% aligned 48 shared votes
30 Aye 18 No
13 Aye 34 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 47 shared votes
13 Aye 34 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 27 No
Trade 90% aligned 41 shared votes
16 Aye 25 No
92 Aye 40 No
Migration 93% aligned 132 shared votes
93 Aye 39 No
10 Aye 10 No
Environment / Climate 95% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
12 Aye 24 No
Energy 97% aligned 36 shared votes
13 Aye 23 No
15 Aye 23 No
Housing 97% aligned 38 shared votes
14 Aye 24 No

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

Voting record

81.2%
9% above average
Rank 170 of 650
Participation
81.2%
9% above average
Rank 169 of 650
1,962
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,380
1,699 eligible divisions
898
45.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
681
49.3% of votes cast
1,064
54.2% of votes cast
No votes
699
50.7% of votes cast
41
2.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
34 years, 7 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

98
+3.5 vs Commons average
Rank 232 of 650
Appearances
90
-4.5 vs Commons average
Rank 266 of 650
158
-6.6 vs Commons average
Rank 225 of 650
Contributions
115
-49.6 vs Commons average
Rank 344 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
£1,147,083
all imported IPSA years
£265,254
17% above average
Latest expenses
£271,361
20% above average
8
3 registered categories
Registered interests
8
5 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
209 of 212 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
64 of 64 votes
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
#2
Trade
53 of 56 votes
Housing
60 of 67 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
59 of 63 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Migration
142 of 154 votes
Crime / Justice
198 of 234 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
159 of 178 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API