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Ian Murray vs Darren Paffey

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


Voting alignment

Ian Murray and Darren Paffey voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 308 shared comparable votes.

298 same votes 10 different votes 308 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
44 Aye 21 No
Tax 100% aligned 65 shared votes
44 Aye 21 No
17 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 36 shared votes
17 Aye 19 No
12 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
10 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
10 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
44 Aye 21 No
Tax 100% aligned 65 shared votes
44 Aye 21 No
17 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 36 shared votes
17 Aye 19 No
12 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
10 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
10 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

71.1%
1% below average
Rank 398 of 650
Participation
76.6%
4% above average
Rank 271 of 650
1,722
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
487
636 eligible divisions
955
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
225
46.2% of votes cast
767
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
262
53.8% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
13
2.7% of votes cast
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

87
-10.0 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 650
Appearances
82
-15.0 vs Commons average
Rank 308 of 650
203
+33.8 vs Commons average
Rank 174 of 650
Contributions
96
-73.2 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,997,266
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£200,934
all imported IPSA years
£277,506
23% above average
Latest expenses
£200,934
11% below average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
192 of 212 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Migration
152 of 171 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
66 of 82 votes
#3
Migration
12 of 13 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 49 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Benefits
65 of 83 votes
#5
Benefits
29 of 32 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No rebel
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API