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Sir Iain Duncan Smith vs Steve Yemm

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


Voting alignment

Sir Iain Duncan Smith and Steve Yemm voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 394 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 386 different votes 394 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
6 Aye 10 No
Benefits 13% aligned 16 shared votes
8 Aye 8 No
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
24 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 49 shared votes
24 Aye 25 No
28 Aye 54 No
Tax 0% aligned 82 shared votes
54 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 54 No
Tax 0% aligned 82 shared votes
54 Aye 28 No
9 Aye 26 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
26 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
26 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
19 Aye 6 No
13 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
11 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
93.4%
21% above average
Rank 6 of 649
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
551
590 eligible divisions
887
45.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
281
51.0% of votes cast
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
No votes
270
49.0% of votes cast
41
2.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

99
+15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 174 of 649
Appearances
84
+0.3 vs Commons average
Rank 245 of 649
171
+25.1 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 649
Contributions
105
-40.9 vs Commons average
Rank 325 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
£179,690
all imported IPSA years
£265,254
17% above average
Latest expenses
£179,690
21% below average
9
3 registered categories
Registered interests
6
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
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Transport
29 of 29 votes
Housing
60 of 67 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API