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Steve Yemm vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith

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


Voting alignment

Steve Yemm and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 412 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 404 different votes 412 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
8 Aye 8 No
Benefits 13% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 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
54 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 83 shared votes
29 Aye 54 No
Most different by topic
54 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 83 shared votes
29 Aye 54 No
26 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 35 shared votes
9 Aye 26 No
29 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
5 Aye 29 No
19 Aye 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
6 Aye 19 No
11 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

92.9%
21% above average
Rank 7 of 650
Participation
81.3%
9% above average
Rank 172 of 650
576
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,956
2,406 eligible divisions
290
50.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
898
45.9% of votes cast
286
49.7% of votes cast
No votes
1,058
54.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 6 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

90
-0.6 vs Commons average
Rank 246 of 650
Appearances
95
+4.4 vs Commons average
Rank 229 of 650
114
-43.6 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 650
Contributions
157
-0.6 vs Commons average
Rank 218 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£179,690
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£179,690
21% below average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17% above average
6
2 registered categories
Registered interests
9
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

Work / Employment
42 of 42 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
209 of 212 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
198 of 234 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API