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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.


Voting alignment

Sir Iain Duncan Smith and Sarah Coombes voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 330 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 323 different votes 330 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
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 20% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 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
25 Aye 50 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
50 Aye 25 No
8 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
24 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 50 No
Tax 0% aligned 75 shared votes
50 Aye 25 No
8 Aye 24 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
24 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
24 Aye 5 No
10 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
10 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

81.6 %
9 % above average
Rank 171 of 650
Participation
81.2 %
8 % above average
Rank 179 of 650
1,913
2,344 eligible divisions
Total votes
453
558 eligible divisions
876
45.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
228
50.3 % of votes cast
1,037
54.2 % of votes cast
No votes
225
49.7 % of votes cast
41
2.1 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
34 years, 2 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

85
+15.2 vs Commons average
Rank 163 of 650
Appearances
58
-11.8 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 650
161
+37.1 vs Commons average
Rank 142 of 650
Contributions
76
-47.9 vs Commons average
Rank 369 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
£164,149
all imported IPSA years
£265,254
17 % above average
Latest expenses
£164,149
27 % below average
11
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
Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Housing
60 of 66 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Migration
152 of 169 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
Crime / Justice
197 of 229 votes
#5
Education
44 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

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