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Sir Iain Duncan Smith vs Sir Julian Smith

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


Voting alignment

Sir Iain Duncan Smith and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 1,651 shared comparable votes.

1,609 same votes 42 different votes 1,651 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
34 Aye 31 No
Transport 100% aligned 65 shared votes
34 Aye 31 No
14 Aye 49 No
Education 100% aligned 63 shared votes
14 Aye 49 No
22 Aye 37 No
Benefits 100% aligned 59 shared votes
22 Aye 37 No
25 Aye 28 No
Defence 100% aligned 53 shared votes
25 Aye 28 No
25 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 51 shared votes
25 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
96 Aye 35 No
Migration 93% aligned 131 shared votes
97 Aye 34 No
14 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 93% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
62 Aye 107 No
Brexit / EU 94% aligned 169 shared votes
66 Aye 103 No
27 Aye 41 No
Trade 94% aligned 68 shared votes
29 Aye 39 No
20 Aye 13 No
Environment / Climate 97% aligned 33 shared votes
21 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

81.1%
9% above average
Rank 172 of 650
Participation
77.5%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 650
1,965
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,876
2,422 eligible divisions
900
45.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
902
48.1% of votes cast
1,065
54.2% of votes cast
No votes
974
51.9% 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
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

100
+4.4 vs Commons average
Rank 231 of 650
Appearances
103
+7.4 vs Commons average
Rank 217 of 650
162
-4.4 vs Commons average
Rank 220 of 650
Contributions
128
-38.4 vs Commons average
Rank 304 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
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£265,254
17% above average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
8
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
5 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
Environment / Climate
43 of 49 votes
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Housing
60 of 68 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Crime / Justice
198 of 234 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
194 of 234 votes

Recent voting overlap

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