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Bill Esterson vs James Murray

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

Photograph of Bill Esterson
Bill Esterson
Lab Sefton Central
vs
Photograph of James Murray
James Murray
Lab Ealing North

Voting alignment

Bill Esterson and James Murray voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 984 shared comparable votes.

984 same votes 0 different votes 984 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
90 Aye 51 No
Tax 100% aligned 141 shared votes
90 Aye 51 No
38 Aye 75 No
Migration 100% aligned 113 shared votes
38 Aye 75 No
45 Aye 59 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 104 shared votes
45 Aye 59 No
27 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 43 shared votes
27 Aye 16 No
20 Aye 22 No
Trade 100% aligned 42 shared votes
20 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
90 Aye 51 No
Tax 100% aligned 141 shared votes
90 Aye 51 No
38 Aye 75 No
Migration 100% aligned 113 shared votes
38 Aye 75 No
45 Aye 59 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 104 shared votes
45 Aye 59 No
27 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 43 shared votes
27 Aye 16 No
20 Aye 22 No
Trade 100% aligned 42 shared votes
20 Aye 22 No

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

Voting record

71.0%
2% below average
Rank 407 of 649
Participation
73.4%
1% above average
Rank 348 of 649
1,687
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,217
1,658 eligible divisions
943
55.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
647
53.2% of votes cast
744
44.1% of votes cast
No votes
570
46.8% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

55
-26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 415 of 649
Appearances
97
+15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 178 of 649
78
-64.3 vs Commons average
Rank 403 of 649
Contributions
757
+614.7 vs Commons average
Rank 7 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£3,003,108
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,325,130
all imported IPSA years
£282,481
25% above average
Latest expenses
£293,355
30% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
1
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

NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Defence
61 of 71 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
45 of 50 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 54 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#4
Migration
132 of 154 votes
Work / Employment
63 of 77 votes
#5
Education
58 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API