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Steve Darling vs James Murray

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


Voting alignment

Steve Darling and James Murray voted the same way 21% of the time, based on 262 shared comparable votes.

54 same votes 208 different votes 262 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
9 Aye 0 No
Energy 67% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 63% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 40% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 33% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 3 No
Transport 0% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
35 Aye 38 No
Tax 3% aligned 73 shared votes
40 Aye 33 No
12 Aye 18 No
Education 3% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 7 No
Defence 14% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 5 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

67.1%
6% below average
Rank 477 of 650
Participation
73.6%
1% above average
Rank 343 of 650
403
601 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,228
1,669 eligible divisions
220
54.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
653
53.2% of votes cast
183
45.4% of votes cast
No votes
575
46.8% of votes cast
7
1.7% 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

147
+62.3 vs Commons average
Rank 80 of 650
Appearances
100
+15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 185 of 650
173
+25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 176 of 650
Contributions
761
+613.3 vs Commons average
Rank 6 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£235,469
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,325,130
all imported IPSA years
£235,469
4% above average
Latest expenses
£293,355
30% above average
8
5 registered categories
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

Housing
27 of 32 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
43 of 45 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
46 of 51 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 54 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 5 votes
#4
Migration
132 of 154 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 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