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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 2% of the time, based on 326 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 321 different votes 326 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
17 Aye 55 No
Tax 1% aligned 72 shared votes
54 Aye 18 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
2 Aye 10 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 12 shared votes
10 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 12 shared votes
9 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

81.6 %
8 % above average
Rank 176 of 647
Participation
63.6 %
10 % below average
Rank 536 of 647
1,895
2,323 eligible divisions
Total votes
449
706 eligible divisions
865
45.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
258
57.5 % of votes cast
1,030
54.4 % of votes cast
No votes
191
42.5 % of votes cast
41
2.2 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
34 years, 2 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
2 years, 7 months
Since 19 Oct 2023

Debates

83
+19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 148 of 647
Appearances
35
-28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 471 of 647
149
+35.2 vs Commons average
Rank 132 of 647
Contributions
56
-57.8 vs Commons average
Rank 430 of 647

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
11
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 43 votes
Migration
152 of 169 votes
#4
Tax
94 of 135 votes
Crime / Justice
197 of 229 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API