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Sir Iain Duncan Smith vs Steve Witherden

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


Voting alignment

Sir Iain Duncan Smith and Steve Witherden voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 325 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 320 different votes 325 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
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 10 No
Benefits 7% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No
20 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 40 shared votes
20 Aye 20 No
21 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
46 Aye 21 No
6 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
21 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
46 Aye 21 No
6 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
21 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
22 Aye 5 No
8 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

81.6 %
8 % above average
Rank 176 of 647
Participation
83.1 %
10 % above average
Rank 150 of 647
1,895
2,323 eligible divisions
Total votes
446
537 eligible divisions
865
45.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
232
52.0 % of votes cast
1,030
54.4 % of votes cast
No votes
214
48.0 % of votes cast
41
2.2 % of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4 % of votes cast
34 years, 2 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

83
+19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 148 of 647
Appearances
56
-7.7 vs Commons average
Rank 297 of 647
149
+35.2 vs Commons average
Rank 132 of 647
Contributions
72
-41.8 vs Commons average
Rank 358 of 647

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£141,271
all imported IPSA years
£265,254
17 % above average
Latest expenses
£141,271
38 % below average
11
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
6
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Energy
17 of 17 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Housing
60 of 66 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Migration
152 of 169 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Crime / Justice
197 of 229 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
6 of 6 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API