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Sir Iain Duncan Smith vs Seema Malhotra

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 Seema Malhotra
Seema Malhotra
Lab Feltham and Heston

Voting alignment

Sir Iain Duncan Smith and Seema Malhotra voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,352 shared comparable votes.

70 same votes 1,282 different votes 1,352 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
25 Aye 32 No
Trade 7% aligned 57 shared votes
30 Aye 27 No
11 Aye 25 No
Energy 6% aligned 36 shared votes
27 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No
88 Aye 41 No
Migration 5% aligned 129 shared votes
37 Aye 92 No
17 Aye 27 No
Benefits 5% aligned 44 shared votes
25 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 51 shared votes
27 Aye 24 No
14 Aye 29 No
Education 0% aligned 43 shared votes
29 Aye 14 No
16 Aye 25 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 41 shared votes
25 Aye 16 No
19 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 41 shared votes
22 Aye 19 No
18 Aye 9 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 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
68.1%
4% below average
Rank 459 of 649
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,619
2,376 eligible divisions
887
45.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
907
56.0% of votes cast
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
No votes
712
44.0% of votes cast
41
2.1% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.8% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
14 years, 9 months
Since 15 Dec 2011

Debates

96
+13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 186 of 649
Appearances
61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 362 of 649
167
+23.5 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 649
Contributions
333
+189.5 vs Commons average
Rank 49 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
£2,697,495
all imported IPSA years
£265,254
17% above average
Latest expenses
£252,817
12% above average
9
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 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
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Defence
60 of 71 votes
Housing
60 of 67 votes
#3
Migration
143 of 171 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
38 of 48 votes
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 votes
#5
NHS / Health
44 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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