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Sir Iain Duncan Smith vs Sarah Coombes

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 Sarah Coombes
Sarah Coombes
Lab West Bromwich

Voting alignment

Sir Iain Duncan Smith and Sarah Coombes voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 345 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 338 different votes 345 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
3 Aye 3 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 12 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
20 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 39 shared votes
18 Aye 21 No
27 Aye 50 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
50 Aye 27 No
8 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
25 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 50 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
50 Aye 27 No
8 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
25 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
24 Aye 5 No
10 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 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
80.7%
8% above average
Rank 185 of 649
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
476
590 eligible divisions
887
45.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
238
50.0% of votes cast
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
No votes
238
50.0% 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
+16.3 vs Commons average
Rank 174 of 649
Appearances
72
-9.7 vs Commons average
Rank 305 of 649
172
+29.7 vs Commons average
Rank 164 of 649
Contributions
91
-51.3 vs Commons average
Rank 359 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
£164,149
all imported IPSA years
£265,254
17% above average
Latest expenses
£164,149
27% below average
9
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
4 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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Housing
60 of 67 votes
#3
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Education
45 of 50 votes
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 votes
#5
Benefits
26 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
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
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
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