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Ian Murray vs Paul Waugh

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


Voting alignment

Ian Murray and Paul Waugh voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 361 shared comparable votes.

352 same votes 9 different votes 361 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
49 Aye 21 No
Tax 100% aligned 70 shared votes
49 Aye 21 No
23 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
23 Aye 14 No
12 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
13 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
19 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 22 shared votes
19 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
49 Aye 21 No
Tax 100% aligned 70 shared votes
49 Aye 21 No
23 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
23 Aye 14 No
12 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
13 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
19 Aye 3 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 22 shared votes
19 Aye 3 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
86.9%
15% above average
Rank 54 of 650
1,722
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
553
636 eligible divisions
955
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
277
50.1% of votes cast
767
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
276
49.9% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
11
2.0% 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
Rank 335 of 650
Appearances
125
+29.4 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 650
154
-12.5 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 650
Contributions
162
-4.5 vs Commons average
Rank 220 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
£174,781
all imported IPSA years
£277,506
23% above average
Latest expenses
£174,781
23% below average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
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
192 of 212 votes
#1
Housing
33 of 33 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
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Benefits
63 of 81 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

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