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Chris Murray vs Sir Julian Lewis

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 Sir Julian Lewis
Sir Julian Lewis
Con New Forest East

Voting alignment

Chris Murray and Sir Julian Lewis voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 362 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 357 different votes 362 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
1 Aye 4 No
NHS / Health 20% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
7 Aye 6 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
3 Aye 5 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
20 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 43 shared votes
22 Aye 21 No
48 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 83 shared votes
35 Aye 48 No
Most different by topic
48 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 83 shared votes
35 Aye 48 No
23 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
11 Aye 23 No
25 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
8 Aye 25 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
8 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

77.5%
5% above average
Rank 256 of 649
Participation
80.0%
7% above average
Rank 199 of 649
457
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,900
2,376 eligible divisions
227
49.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
899
47.3% of votes cast
230
50.3% of votes cast
No votes
1,001
52.7% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.2% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

47
-36.7 vs Commons average
Rank 474 of 649
Appearances
367
+283.3 vs Commons average
Rank 6 of 649
72
-73.9 vs Commons average
Rank 440 of 649
Contributions
484
+338.1 vs Commons average
Rank 24 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£194,520
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,159,138
all imported IPSA years
£194,520
14% below average
Latest expenses
£212,155
6% below average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
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

Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
193 of 211 votes
Housing
31 of 32 votes
#2
Trade
83 of 91 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#3
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Work / Employment
34 of 39 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
58 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 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
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
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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