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Aphra Brandreth vs James Murray

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

Photograph of Aphra Brandreth
Aphra Brandreth
Con Chester South and Eddisbury
vs
Photograph of James Murray
James Murray
Lab Ealing North

Voting alignment

Aphra Brandreth and James Murray voted the same way 8% of the time, based on 255 shared comparable votes.

20 same votes 235 different votes 255 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 7 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 3 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
11 Aye 10 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
34 Aye 39 No
Tax 1% aligned 73 shared votes
38 Aye 35 No
7 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
21 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
21 Aye 7 No
1 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 17 shared votes
16 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 7 No
Defence 0% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 11 shared votes
7 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 6 No
Energy 0% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

64.9%
8% below average
Rank 520 of 649
Participation
73.4%
1% above average
Rank 348 of 649
383
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,217
1,658 eligible divisions
181
47.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
647
53.2% of votes cast
202
52.7% of votes cast
No votes
570
46.8% of votes cast
15
3.9% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

83
+0.8 vs Commons average
Rank 247 of 649
Appearances
97
+14.8 vs Commons average
Rank 185 of 649
94
-49.3 vs Commons average
Rank 357 of 649
Contributions
757
+613.7 vs Commons average
Rank 7 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£250,031
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,325,130
all imported IPSA years
£250,031
11% above average
Latest expenses
£293,355
30% above average
12
5 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
2
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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
45 of 50 votes
Trade
5 of 7 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 54 votes
Defence
24 of 34 votes
#4
Migration
132 of 154 votes
Tax
79 of 112 votes
#5
Education
58 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
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
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
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
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
No
Motion to sit in private 4 Jul 2025
Tax
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
No
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