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Ian Murray vs Dr Scott Arthur

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


Voting alignment

Ian Murray and Dr Scott Arthur voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 333 shared comparable votes.

324 same votes 9 different votes 333 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
43 Aye 21 No
Tax 100% aligned 64 shared votes
43 Aye 21 No
21 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
21 Aye 20 No
12 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
20 Aye 6 No
Education 100% aligned 26 shared votes
20 Aye 6 No
11 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 18 shared votes
11 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
43 Aye 21 No
Tax 100% aligned 64 shared votes
43 Aye 21 No
21 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
21 Aye 20 No
12 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
20 Aye 6 No
Education 100% aligned 26 shared votes
20 Aye 6 No
11 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 18 shared votes
11 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
83.2%
11% above average
Rank 132 of 650
1,722
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
529
636 eligible divisions
955
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
260
49.1% of votes cast
767
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
269
50.9% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
12
2.3% 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
205
+108.0 vs Commons average
Rank 35 of 650
203
+33.8 vs Commons average
Rank 174 of 650
Contributions
343
+173.8 vs Commons average
Rank 59 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
£173,383
all imported IPSA years
£277,506
23% above average
Latest expenses
£173,383
23% below average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
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
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Migration
152 of 171 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Foreign Affairs
66 of 82 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 49 votes
#4
Benefits
30 of 32 votes
Benefits
65 of 83 votes
#5
Defence
31 of 34 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API