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Stephen Doughty vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith

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

Photograph of Stephen Doughty
Stephen Doughty
Lab Cardiff South and Penarth
vs
Photograph of Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Con Chingford and Woodford Green

Voting alignment

Stephen Doughty and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,320 shared comparable votes.

71 same votes 1,249 different votes 1,320 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
29 Aye 29 No
Trade 7% aligned 58 shared votes
27 Aye 31 No
19 Aye 11 No
Energy 7% aligned 30 shared votes
13 Aye 17 No
16 Aye 15 No
Benefits 6% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
18 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 No
61 Aye 67 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 128 shared votes
70 Aye 58 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 46 shared votes
22 Aye 24 No
29 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 37 shared votes
8 Aye 29 No
16 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
16 Aye 16 No
13 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 18 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

66.8 %
6 % below average
Rank 483 of 649
Participation
81.5 %
9 % above average
Rank 173 of 649
1,577
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,925
2,361 eligible divisions
905
57.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
882
45.8 % of votes cast
672
42.6 % of votes cast
No votes
1,043
54.2 % of votes cast
17
1.1 % of votes cast
Against party
41
2.1 % of votes cast
13 years, 9 months
Since 15 Nov 2012
Commons service
34 years, 4 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

82
+4.1 vs Commons average
Rank 223 of 650
Appearances
93
+15.1 vs Commons average
Rank 172 of 650
375
+236.7 vs Commons average
Rank 40 of 650
Contributions
171
+32.7 vs Commons average
Rank 152 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,632,101
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£294,894
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17 % above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
10
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
177 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
208 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 43 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 66 votes
Defence
55 of 71 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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