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Sir Iain Duncan Smith vs Valerie Vaz

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


Voting alignment

Sir Iain Duncan Smith and Valerie Vaz voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,526 shared comparable votes.

71 same votes 1,455 different votes 1,526 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
30 Aye 33 No
Trade 6% aligned 63 shared votes
31 Aye 32 No
16 Aye 28 No
Energy 5% aligned 44 shared votes
30 Aye 14 No
93 Aye 41 No
Migration 4% aligned 134 shared votes
37 Aye 97 No
66 Aye 112 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 178 shared votes
111 Aye 67 No
12 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 51 No
Education 0% aligned 66 shared votes
51 Aye 15 No
35 Aye 31 No
Transport 0% aligned 66 shared votes
31 Aye 35 No
23 Aye 38 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 61 shared votes
38 Aye 23 No
23 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 46 shared votes
23 Aye 23 No
14 Aye 27 No
Benefits 0% aligned 41 shared votes
27 Aye 14 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
76.6%
4% above average
Rank 275 of 649
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,821
2,376 eligible divisions
887
45.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,024
56.2% of votes cast
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
No votes
797
43.8% of votes cast
41
2.1% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.7% of votes cast
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

96
+13.7 vs Commons average
Rank 186 of 649
Appearances
29
-53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 561 of 649
167
+23.5 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 649
Contributions
14
-129.5 vs Commons average
Rank 616 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
£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
£265,254
17% above average
Latest expenses
£218,663
3% below average
9
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
6
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Education
91 of 96 votes
Housing
60 of 67 votes
#3
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 votes
#5
Transport
80 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

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