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Ian Murray vs Steve Witherden

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


Voting alignment

Ian Murray and Steve Witherden voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 319 shared comparable votes.

317 same votes 2 different votes 319 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
40 Aye 17 No
Tax 100% aligned 57 shared votes
40 Aye 17 No
18 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 No
23 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
23 Aye 7 No
16 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 6 No
Benefits 87% aligned 15 shared votes
9 Aye 6 No
40 Aye 17 No
Tax 100% aligned 57 shared votes
40 Aye 17 No
18 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 No
23 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
23 Aye 7 No
16 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 26 shared votes
16 Aye 10 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
80.3%
8% above average
Rank 190 of 650
1,718
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
507
631 eligible divisions
952
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
261
51.5% of votes cast
766
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
246
48.5% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.4% of votes cast
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

75
-19.5 vs Commons average
Rank 338 of 650
Appearances
63
-31.5 vs Commons average
Rank 414 of 650
152
-12.6 vs Commons average
Rank 241 of 650
Contributions
81
-83.6 vs Commons average
Rank 450 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
£141,271
all imported IPSA years
£277,506
23% above average
Latest expenses
£141,271
38% below average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 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
Energy
20 of 20 votes
Migration
152 of 171 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
66 of 82 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 49 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
Benefits
63 of 81 votes
#5
Work / Employment
40 of 42 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API