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Ian Murray vs Ms Polly Billington

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


Voting alignment

Ian Murray and Ms Polly Billington voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 332 shared comparable votes.

321 same votes 11 different votes 332 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
22 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 37 shared votes
22 Aye 15 No
18 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
21 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 25 shared votes
21 Aye 4 No
8 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
44 Aye 21 No
Tax 100% aligned 65 shared votes
44 Aye 21 No
22 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 37 shared votes
22 Aye 15 No
18 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
21 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 25 shared votes
21 Aye 4 No
8 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 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
80.5%
8% above average
Rank 184 of 650
1,722
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
512
636 eligible divisions
955
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
264
51.6% of votes cast
767
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
248
48.4% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
14
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
83
-14.0 vs Commons average
Rank 303 of 650
203
+33.8 vs Commons average
Rank 174 of 650
Contributions
126
-43.2 vs Commons average
Rank 317 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
£162,742
all imported IPSA years
£277,506
23% above average
Latest expenses
£162,742
28% below average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
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
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
Environment / Climate
39 of 49 votes
#4
Housing
31 of 33 votes
Benefits
65 of 83 votes
#5
Tax
106 of 122 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API