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Ian Roome vs James Murray

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


Voting alignment

Ian Roome and James Murray voted the same way 26% of the time, based on 221 shared comparable votes.

58 same votes 163 different votes 221 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
5 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 63% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 0 No
Energy 63% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 5 No
Housing 58% aligned 12 shared votes
8 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 50% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
2 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 50% aligned 4 shared votes
4 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 1 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
11 Aye 19 No
Education 3% aligned 30 shared votes
20 Aye 10 No
31 Aye 23 No
Tax 7% aligned 54 shared votes
27 Aye 27 No
6 Aye 7 No
Defence 8% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
1 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 8% aligned 13 shared votes
13 Aye 0 No

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

Voting record

54.2%
18% below average
Rank 610 of 649
Participation
73.4%
1% above average
Rank 348 of 649
320
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,217
1,658 eligible divisions
178
55.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
647
53.2% of votes cast
142
44.4% of votes cast
No votes
570
46.8% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

91
+7.4 vs Commons average
Rank 216 of 650
Appearances
97
+13.4 vs Commons average
Rank 191 of 650
117
-28.7 vs Commons average
Rank 285 of 650
Contributions
757
+611.3 vs Commons average
Rank 6 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£156,328
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,325,130
all imported IPSA years
£156,328
31% below average
Latest expenses
£293,355
30% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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

Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Benefits
26 of 30 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
45 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 54 votes
Trade
5 of 7 votes
#4
Migration
132 of 154 votes
Education
35 of 50 votes
#5
Education
58 of 69 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