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Sir Iain Duncan Smith vs Simon Lightwood

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 Simon Lightwood
Simon Lightwood
Lab Wakefield and Rothwell

Voting alignment

Sir Iain Duncan Smith and Simon Lightwood voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 527 shared comparable votes.

13 same votes 514 different votes 527 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
4 Aye 13 No
Benefits 12% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No
13 Aye 5 No
Transport 6% aligned 18 shared votes
6 Aye 12 No
22 Aye 57 No
Tax 3% aligned 79 shared votes
55 Aye 24 No
29 Aye 21 No
Migration 2% aligned 50 shared votes
20 Aye 30 No
24 Aye 29 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 53 shared votes
29 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 29 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 53 shared votes
29 Aye 24 No
17 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 31 shared votes
14 Aye 17 No
5 Aye 26 No
Housing 0% aligned 31 shared votes
26 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 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 172 of 647
Participation
64.9 %
8 % below average
Rank 520 of 647
1,903
2,333 eligible divisions
Total votes
678
1,044 eligible divisions
871
45.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
373
55.0 % of votes cast
1,032
54.2 % of votes cast
No votes
305
45.0 % of votes cast
41
2.2 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
34 years, 2 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
3 years, 11 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

84
+17.0 vs Commons average
Rank 161 of 649
Appearances
84
+17.0 vs Commons average
Rank 164 of 649
154
+34.9 vs Commons average
Rank 140 of 649
Contributions
264
+144.9 vs Commons average
Rank 56 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
£764,432
all imported IPSA years
£265,254
17 % above average
Latest expenses
£321,958
42 % above average
11
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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
Foreign Affairs
27 of 29 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
12 of 13 votes
Housing
60 of 66 votes
#3
Transport
25 of 30 votes
Migration
152 of 169 votes
#4
NHS / Health
16 of 20 votes
Crime / Justice
197 of 229 votes
#5
Housing
34 of 43 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
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
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 21 Feb 2024
Tax
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Amendment) Order 2023 12 Sep 2023
Aye
Aye
Scottish Affairs Committee Membership 21 Feb 2023
Aye
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