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Valerie Vaz vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Valerie Vaz and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,520 shared comparable votes.
68 same votes
1,452 different votes
1,520 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
76.9 %
4 % above average
Participation
81.5 %
9 % above average
1,815
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,925
2,361 eligible divisions
1,023
56.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
882
45.8 % of votes cast
792
43.6 % of votes cast
No votes
1,043
54.2 % of votes cast
11
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
41
2.1 % of votes cast
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
34 years, 4 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Debates
29
-48.9 vs Commons average
Appearances
93
+15.1 vs Commons average
15
-123.3 vs Commons average
Contributions
171
+32.7 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£218,663
3 % below average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
10
3 registered categories
2
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
No
Aye
No
Aye
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API