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Ian Murray vs Richard Foord

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


Voting alignment

Ian Murray and Richard Foord voted the same way 58% of the time, based on 471 shared comparable votes.

273 same votes 198 different votes 471 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 6 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 1 No
Trade 100% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
15 Aye 52 No
Migration 97% aligned 67 shared votes
13 Aye 54 No
11 Aye 5 No
Foreign Affairs 94% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
13 Aye 3 No
Energy 88% aligned 16 shared votes
13 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 4 No
Benefits 7% aligned 14 shared votes
5 Aye 9 No
20 Aye 12 No
Education 16% aligned 32 shared votes
15 Aye 17 No
43 Aye 14 No
Tax 19% aligned 57 shared votes
23 Aye 34 No
20 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 37% aligned 35 shared votes
8 Aye 27 No
18 Aye 7 No
Housing 40% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

71.2%
1% below average
Rank 402 of 649
Participation
61.1%
12% below average
Rank 566 of 649
1,692
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
664
1,087 eligible divisions
939
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
358
53.9% of votes cast
753
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
306
46.1% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.6% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
4 years, 3 months
Since 23 Jun 2022

Debates

79
-4.7 vs Commons average
Rank 274 of 649
Appearances
244
+160.3 vs Commons average
Rank 10 of 649
161
+15.1 vs Commons average
Rank 181 of 649
Contributions
267
+121.1 vs Commons average
Rank 78 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
£772,982
all imported IPSA years
£277,506
23% above average
Latest expenses
£302,531
34% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
Foreign Affairs
24 of 29 votes
Migration
152 of 171 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
16 of 20 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Housing
34 of 44 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 17 votes
Work / Employment
60 of 77 votes
#5
Migration
74 of 97 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API