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Sir Iain Duncan Smith vs Chris Murray

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


Voting alignment

Sir Iain Duncan Smith and Chris Murray voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 305 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 300 different votes 305 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 8 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
21 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 39 shared votes
18 Aye 21 No
24 Aye 47 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
47 Aye 24 No
9 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 47 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
47 Aye 24 No
9 Aye 20 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
19 Aye 5 No
11 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

81.6 %
8 % above average
Rank 176 of 647
Participation
80.1 %
7 % above average
Rank 210 of 647
1,895
2,323 eligible divisions
Total votes
430
537 eligible divisions
865
45.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
213
49.5 % of votes cast
1,030
54.4 % of votes cast
No votes
217
50.5 % of votes cast
41
2.2 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
34 years, 2 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

83
+19.3 vs Commons average
Rank 148 of 647
Appearances
38
-25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 454 of 647
149
+35.2 vs Commons average
Rank 132 of 647
Contributions
46
-67.8 vs Commons average
Rank 485 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£194,520
all imported IPSA years
£265,254
17 % above average
Latest expenses
£194,520
14 % below average
11
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
6
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
208 of 211 votes
#1
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Housing
60 of 66 votes
#3
Energy
16 of 17 votes
Migration
152 of 169 votes
#4
Transport
23 of 25 votes
Crime / Justice
197 of 229 votes
#5
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API