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Alex Burghart vs Chris Murray

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

Photograph of Alex Burghart
Alex Burghart
Con Brentwood and Ongar
vs
Photograph of Chris Murray
Chris Murray
Lab Edinburgh East and Musselburgh

Voting alignment

Alex Burghart and Chris Murray voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 323 shared comparable votes.

2 same votes 321 different votes 323 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
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
18 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 37 shared votes
18 Aye 19 No
34 Aye 39 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
39 Aye 34 No
8 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 39 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
39 Aye 34 No
8 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

85.2%
12% above average
Rank 90 of 649
Participation
78.1%
5% above average
Rank 242 of 649
1,798
2,111 eligible divisions
Total votes
453
580 eligible divisions
866
48.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
225
49.7% of votes cast
932
51.8% of votes cast
No votes
228
50.3% of votes cast
4
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

77
-1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 263 of 649
Appearances
43
-35.7 vs Commons average
Rank 474 of 649
127
-10.1 vs Commons average
Rank 228 of 649
Contributions
65
-72.1 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,112,100
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£194,520
all imported IPSA years
£203,620
10% below average
Latest expenses
£194,520
14% below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
0
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
188 of 188 votes
#1
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Trade
83 of 87 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Migration
154 of 163 votes
#3
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Devolution / Local Government
58 of 63 votes
#4
Work / Employment
34 of 39 votes
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 49 votes
#5
Trade
6 of 7 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
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