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Ian Murray vs Mr Will Forster

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


Voting alignment

Ian Murray and Mr Will Forster voted the same way 16% of the time, based on 269 shared comparable votes.

42 same votes 227 different votes 269 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
4 Aye 0 No
Energy 75% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 40% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
17 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 22% aligned 32 shared votes
16 Aye 16 No
5 Aye 10 No
Defence 13% aligned 15 shared votes
8 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 15 No
Tax 0% aligned 53 shared votes
15 Aye 38 No
2 Aye 4 No
Transport 0% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
0 Aye 3 No
Trade 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
14 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 7% aligned 15 shared votes
2 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

71.3%
1% below average
Rank 398 of 649
Participation
74.7%
2% above average
Rank 321 of 649
1,688
2,366 eligible divisions
Total votes
433
580 eligible divisions
936
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
229
52.9% of votes cast
752
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
204
47.1% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.9% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

75
-3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 272 of 649
Appearances
173
+94.3 vs Commons average
Rank 28 of 649
172
+34.9 vs Commons average
Rank 152 of 649
Contributions
216
+78.9 vs Commons average
Rank 107 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,997,266
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£153,282
all imported IPSA years
£277,506
23% above average
Latest expenses
£153,282
32% below average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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
191 of 211 votes
#1
Migration
152 of 171 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#4
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Work / Employment
60 of 77 votes
#5
Benefits
26 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API