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Sir Iain Duncan Smith vs Sarah Russell

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


Voting alignment

Sir Iain Duncan Smith and Sarah Russell voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 344 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 339 different votes 344 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
19 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 42 shared votes
22 Aye 20 No
27 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
46 Aye 27 No
9 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
25 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
24 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
46 Aye 27 No
9 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
25 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
24 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 20 shared votes
12 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
82.1 %
9 % above average
Rank 158 of 649
1,925
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
472
575 eligible divisions
882
45.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
243
51.5 % of votes cast
1,043
54.2 % of votes cast
No votes
229
48.5 % 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, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

93
+15.1 vs Commons average
Rank 172 of 650
Appearances
85
+7.1 vs Commons average
Rank 212 of 650
171
+32.7 vs Commons average
Rank 152 of 650
Contributions
127
-11.3 vs Commons average
Rank 221 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
£179,204
all imported IPSA years
£265,254
17 % above average
Latest expenses
£179,204
21 % below average
10
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
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
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Housing
60 of 66 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 votes
#5
Education
49 of 50 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API