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Ian Murray vs Steve Darling

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


Voting alignment

Ian Murray and Steve Darling voted the same way 14% of the time, based on 261 shared comparable votes.

37 same votes 224 different votes 261 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 1 No
Energy 60% aligned 5 shared votes
4 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 29% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
17 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 21% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 15 No
Tax 0% aligned 49 shared votes
15 Aye 34 No
2 Aye 4 No
Transport 0% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
0 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
11 Aye 10 No
Benefits 5% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
10 Aye 6 No
Housing 6% aligned 16 shared votes
5 Aye 11 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 401 of 649
Participation
67.2%
5% below average
Rank 475 of 649
1,688
2,372 eligible divisions
Total votes
394
586 eligible divisions
936
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
215
54.6% of votes cast
752
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
179
45.4% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
6
1.5% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

78
-2.6 vs Commons average
Rank 262 of 649
Appearances
140
+59.4 vs Commons average
Rank 75 of 649
180
+39.5 vs Commons average
Rank 151 of 649
Contributions
177
+36.5 vs Commons average
Rank 156 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
£235,469
all imported IPSA years
£277,506
23% above average
Latest expenses
£235,469
4% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
5 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
191 of 211 votes
#1
Housing
26 of 31 votes
Migration
152 of 171 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Work / Employment
60 of 77 votes
#5
Benefits
23 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