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Ian Murray vs David Burton-Sampson

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


Voting alignment

Ian Murray and David Burton-Sampson voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 360 shared comparable votes.

358 same votes 2 different votes 360 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
48 Aye 21 No
Tax 100% aligned 69 shared votes
48 Aye 21 No
24 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 46 shared votes
24 Aye 22 No
23 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
23 Aye 12 No
12 Aye 10 No
Benefits 100% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
11 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
48 Aye 21 No
Tax 100% aligned 69 shared votes
48 Aye 21 No
24 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 46 shared votes
24 Aye 22 No
23 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 35 shared votes
23 Aye 12 No
12 Aye 10 No
Benefits 100% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
11 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 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
87.8%
15% above average
Rank 45 of 650
1,718
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
554
631 eligible divisions
952
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
288
52.0% of votes cast
766
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
266
48.0% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
3
0.5% of votes cast
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

75
-19.5 vs Commons average
Rank 338 of 650
Appearances
69
-25.5 vs Commons average
Rank 377 of 650
152
-12.5 vs Commons average
Rank 241 of 650
Contributions
72
-92.5 vs Commons average
Rank 472 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
£191,962
all imported IPSA years
£277,506
23% above average
Latest expenses
£191,962
15% below average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Migration
152 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
66 of 82 votes
#3
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 49 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
Benefits
63 of 81 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API