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Sir Iain Duncan Smith vs Sir Nicholas Dakin

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 Sir Nicholas Dakin
Sir Nicholas Dakin
Lab Scunthorpe

Voting alignment

Sir Iain Duncan Smith and Sir Nicholas Dakin voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 780 shared comparable votes.

33 same votes 747 different votes 780 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 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
13 Aye 6 No
Migration 11% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No
4 Aye 23 No
Benefits 7% aligned 27 shared votes
21 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 8 No
Digital / Online Safety 7% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No
34 Aye 38 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 72 shared votes
39 Aye 33 No
Most different by topic
50 Aye 76 No
Tax 0% aligned 126 shared votes
76 Aye 50 No
20 Aye 25 No
Transport 0% aligned 45 shared votes
25 Aye 20 No
13 Aye 25 No
Education 0% aligned 38 shared votes
25 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 21 No
Housing 0% aligned 37 shared votes
21 Aye 16 No
13 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
20 Aye 13 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
82.7%
10% above average
Rank 142 of 649
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
488
590 eligible divisions
887
45.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
239
49.0% of votes cast
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
No votes
249
51.0% of votes cast
41
2.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

99
+15.4 vs Commons average
Rank 174 of 650
Appearances
7
-76.6 vs Commons average
Rank 630 of 650
171
+25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 650
Contributions
7
-138.7 vs Commons average
Rank 627 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
£1,959,326
all imported IPSA years
£265,254
17% above average
Latest expenses
£208,878
8% below average
9
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
6
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Housing
60 of 67 votes
#3
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
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: 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
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
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
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Motion on 50th anniversary of the continuous at sea deterrent 10 Apr 2019
Aye
No
European Union (Withdrawal) (No.5) Bill Committee Gov Amdt 22 3 Apr 2019
Brexit / EU
No
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