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Wendy Morton vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith

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

Photograph of Wendy Morton
Wendy Morton
Con Aldridge-Brownhills
vs
Photograph of Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Con Chingford and Woodford Green

Voting alignment

Wendy Morton and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,598 shared comparable votes.

1,570 same votes 28 different votes 1,598 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
75 Aye 66 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 141 shared votes
75 Aye 66 No
36 Aye 32 No
Transport 100% aligned 68 shared votes
36 Aye 32 No
25 Aye 40 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 65 shared votes
25 Aye 40 No
24 Aye 35 No
Benefits 100% aligned 59 shared votes
24 Aye 35 No
16 Aye 39 No
Education 100% aligned 55 shared votes
16 Aye 39 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 40 No
Trade 94% aligned 70 shared votes
28 Aye 42 No
104 Aye 30 No
Migration 96% aligned 134 shared votes
100 Aye 34 No
72 Aye 115 No
Brexit / EU 96% aligned 187 shared votes
71 Aye 116 No
73 Aye 144 No
Tax 99% aligned 217 shared votes
75 Aye 142 No
75 Aye 66 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 141 shared votes
75 Aye 66 No

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

Voting record

78.2%
6% above average
Rank 241 of 650
Participation
81.2%
9% above average
Rank 170 of 650
1,890
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,962
2,417 eligible divisions
899
47.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
898
45.8% of votes cast
991
52.4% of votes cast
No votes
1,064
54.2% of votes cast
3
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.1% of votes cast
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
34 years, 7 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

184
+89.5 vs Commons average
Rank 52 of 650
Appearances
98
+3.5 vs Commons average
Rank 232 of 650
297
+132.4 vs Commons average
Rank 83 of 650
Contributions
158
-6.6 vs Commons average
Rank 225 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,630,211
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£253,374
12% above average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17% above average
11
5 registered categories
Registered interests
8
3 registered categories
5
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
205 of 212 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
209 of 212 votes
Trade
90 of 94 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
Devolution / Local Government
61 of 66 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Migration
150 of 171 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
71 of 82 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
198 of 234 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
Aye rebel
Aye
Illegal Migration Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 102B 17 Jul 2023
Migration
No rebel
Aye
Illegal Migration Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 56B 17 Jul 2023
Migration
No rebel
Aye
Illegal Migration Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 56 11 Jul 2023
Migration
No rebel
Aye
Illegal Migration Bill: Government Amendments (a) and (b) in lieu of Lords Amendments 31, 35 & 36 11 Jul 2023
Migration
No rebel
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 22 Mar 2023
No rebel
Aye
Nationality and Borders Bill: Motion to disagree with LA 26B 20 Apr 2022
Migration
No rebel
Aye
Health Protection (Entry to venues etc) SI No 1416 14 Dec 2021
No rebel
Aye
The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Steps and Other Provisions) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 16 Jun 2021
No rebel
Aye
Fire Safety Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4L 28 Apr 2021
No rebel
Where they voted the same
No
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
No
No
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
No
No
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
No
No
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
No
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