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Sir Iain Duncan Smith vs Sarah Edwards

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


Voting alignment

Sir Iain Duncan Smith and Sarah Edwards voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 342 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 337 different votes 342 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
6 Aye 14 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 34 shared votes
24 Aye 10 No
19 Aye 55 No
Tax 1% aligned 74 shared votes
54 Aye 20 No
22 Aye 6 No
Migration 0% aligned 28 shared votes
6 Aye 22 No
4 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
22 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 6 No
Migration 0% aligned 28 shared votes
6 Aye 22 No
4 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
22 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
21 Aye 3 No
10 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

81.5 %
9 % above average
Rank 173 of 649
Participation
63.2 %
10 % below average
Rank 537 of 649
1,925
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
470
744 eligible divisions
882
45.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
263
56.0 % of votes cast
1,043
54.2 % of votes cast
No votes
207
44.0 % of votes cast
41
2.1 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
34 years, 4 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
2 years, 10 months
Since 19 Oct 2023

Debates

93
+15.1 vs Commons average
Rank 172 of 650
Appearances
40
-37.9 vs Commons average
Rank 488 of 650
171
+32.7 vs Commons average
Rank 152 of 650
Contributions
56
-82.3 vs Commons average
Rank 467 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
£322,568
all imported IPSA years
£265,254
17 % above average
Latest expenses
£237,152
5 % above average
10
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
6
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 12 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Benefits
28 of 31 votes
Housing
60 of 66 votes
#3
Work / Employment
33 of 45 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Defence
24 of 34 votes
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 votes
#5
Tax
97 of 138 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API