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Chris Murray vs Neil O'Brien

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

Photograph of Chris Murray
Chris Murray
Lab Edinburgh East and Musselburgh
vs
Photograph of Neil O'Brien
Neil O'Brien
Con Harborough, Oadby and Wigston

Voting alignment

Chris Murray and Neil O'Brien voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 306 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 302 different votes 306 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
5 Aye 6 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
13 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 35 shared votes
22 Aye 13 No
41 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
30 Aye 41 No
19 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
11 Aye 19 No
17 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
8 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
41 Aye 30 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
30 Aye 41 No
19 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
11 Aye 19 No
17 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
8 Aye 17 No
7 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
13 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

79.0 %
6 % above average
Rank 224 of 650
Participation
85.0 %
12 % above average
Rank 101 of 650
445
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,780
2,094 eligible divisions
218
49.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
878
49.3 % of votes cast
227
51.0 % of votes cast
No votes
902
50.7 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
9 years, 0 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

36
-34.9 vs Commons average
Rank 495 of 650
Appearances
20
-50.9 vs Commons average
Rank 578 of 650
44
-81.8 vs Commons average
Rank 509 of 650
Contributions
26
-99.8 vs Commons average
Rank 578 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£194,520
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,900,002
all imported IPSA years
£194,520
14 % below average
Latest expenses
£311,946
38 % above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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

Housing
31 of 31 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
44 of 46 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
178 of 188 votes
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
#4
Defence
65 of 70 votes
Work / Employment
32 of 37 votes
#5
Trade
78 of 85 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API