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Ian Murray vs Mr Paul Foster
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
Ian Murray and Mr Paul Foster voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 358 shared comparable votes.
350 same votes
8 different votes
358 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
71.1%
1% below average
Participation
82.2%
10% above average
1,722
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
523
636 eligible divisions
955
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
263
50.3% of votes cast
767
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
260
49.7% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
8
1.5% of votes cast
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Debates
76
-19.6 vs Commons average
Appearances
53
-42.6 vs Commons average
154
-12.5 vs Commons average
Contributions
92
-74.5 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£2,997,266
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£194,848
all imported IPSA years
£277,506
23% above average
Latest expenses
£194,848
14% below average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
13
5 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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API