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Chris Murray vs Peter Dowd

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 Peter Dowd
Peter Dowd
Lab Bootle

Voting alignment

Chris Murray and Peter Dowd voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 356 shared comparable votes.

353 same votes 3 different votes 356 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
47 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 85 shared votes
47 Aye 38 No
21 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
21 Aye 15 No
26 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 34 shared votes
26 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 33 shared votes
7 Aye 26 No
7 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
7 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 4 No
Benefits 63% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
47 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 85 shared votes
47 Aye 38 No
21 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 36 shared votes
21 Aye 15 No
26 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 34 shared votes
26 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 33 shared votes
7 Aye 26 No

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

Voting record

76.5%
4% above average
Rank 272 of 650
Participation
69.3%
3% below average
Rank 436 of 650
483
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,675
2,417 eligible divisions
236
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
936
55.9% of votes cast
247
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
739
44.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

71
-23.5 vs Commons average
Rank 367 of 650
Appearances
51
-43.5 vs Commons average
Rank 483 of 650
118
-46.5 vs Commons average
Rank 339 of 650
Contributions
41
-123.5 vs Commons average
Rank 566 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
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£194,520
14% below average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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 32 votes
#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes
#2
Work / Employment
67 of 80 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 82 votes
Trade
9 of 10 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
40 of 49 votes
Work / Employment
37 of 42 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
172 of 212 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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