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Luke Murphy vs Gregory Stafford

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

Photograph of Luke Murphy
Luke Murphy
Lab Basingstoke
vs
Photograph of Gregory Stafford
Gregory Stafford
Con Farnham and Bordon

Voting alignment

Luke Murphy and Gregory Stafford voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 350 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 342 different votes 350 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
1 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
9 Aye 5 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
3 Aye 11 No
2 Aye 6 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
20 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 34 shared votes
13 Aye 21 No
56 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 88 shared votes
32 Aye 56 No
Most different by topic
56 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 88 shared votes
32 Aye 56 No
27 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 40 shared votes
13 Aye 27 No
21 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
8 Aye 21 No
9 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 11 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

79.4%
7% above average
Rank 214 of 650
Participation
76.5%
4% above average
Rank 270 of 650
501
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
483
631 eligible divisions
250
49.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
224
46.4% of votes cast
251
50.1% of votes cast
No votes
259
53.6% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

87
-7.4 vs Commons average
Rank 278 of 650
Appearances
162
+67.6 vs Commons average
Rank 77 of 650
123
-41.5 vs Commons average
Rank 316 of 650
Contributions
309
+144.5 vs Commons average
Rank 77 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£198,590
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£192,386
all imported IPSA years
£198,590
12% below average
Latest expenses
£192,386
15% below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
10
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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

Defence
34 of 34 votes
#1
Tax
108 of 121 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
15 of 17 votes
Transport
30 of 31 votes
#3
Crime / Justice
57 of 66 votes
Education
48 of 50 votes
#4
Work / Employment
36 of 42 votes
Migration
12 of 13 votes
#5
Education
41 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Railways Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion) 4 Nov 2026
No
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 8 4 Nov 2026
Aye
No
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6 4 Nov 2026
Aye
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API