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Sir Iain Duncan Smith vs Sir Geoffrey Cox

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


Voting alignment

Sir Iain Duncan Smith and Sir Geoffrey Cox voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,430 shared comparable votes.

1,399 same votes 31 different votes 1,430 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
80 Aye 71 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 151 shared votes
80 Aye 71 No
33 Aye 28 No
Transport 100% aligned 61 shared votes
33 Aye 28 No
6 Aye 39 No
Education 100% aligned 45 shared votes
6 Aye 39 No
21 Aye 23 No
Defence 100% aligned 44 shared votes
21 Aye 23 No
18 Aye 25 No
Benefits 100% aligned 43 shared votes
18 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
82 Aye 40 No
Migration 93% aligned 122 shared votes
80 Aye 42 No
30 Aye 31 No
Trade 93% aligned 61 shared votes
32 Aye 29 No
60 Aye 112 No
Brexit / EU 96% aligned 172 shared votes
63 Aye 109 No
23 Aye 16 No
Housing 97% aligned 39 shared votes
22 Aye 17 No
17 Aye 25 No
Energy 98% aligned 42 shared votes
18 Aye 24 No

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

Voting record

81.2%
9% above average
Rank 170 of 650
Participation
65.7%
7% below average
Rank 505 of 650
1,962
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,587
2,417 eligible divisions
898
45.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
747
47.1% of votes cast
1,064
54.2% of votes cast
No votes
840
52.9% of votes cast
41
2.1% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
34 years, 7 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
21 years, 6 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

98
+3.5 vs Commons average
Rank 232 of 650
Appearances
14
-80.5 vs Commons average
Rank 620 of 650
158
-6.6 vs Commons average
Rank 225 of 650
Contributions
18
-146.6 vs Commons average
Rank 616 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
£2,716,834
all imported IPSA years
£265,254
17% above average
Latest expenses
£264,705
17% above average
8
3 registered categories
Registered interests
16
3 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
209 of 212 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
173 of 212 votes
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
48 of 60 votes
Housing
60 of 67 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 94 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Migration
126 of 171 votes
Crime / Justice
198 of 234 votes
#5
Defence
52 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API