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Claire Hughes vs Chris Murray

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

Photograph of Claire Hughes
Claire Hughes
Lab Bangor Aberconwy
vs
Photograph of Chris Murray
Chris Murray
Lab Edinburgh East and Musselburgh

Voting alignment

Claire Hughes and Chris Murray voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 408 shared comparable votes.

408 same votes 0 different votes 408 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
52 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 90 shared votes
52 Aye 38 No
26 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 41 shared votes
26 Aye 15 No
21 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 38 shared votes
21 Aye 17 No
20 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
18 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
52 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 90 shared votes
52 Aye 38 No
26 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 41 shared votes
26 Aye 15 No
21 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 38 shared votes
21 Aye 17 No
20 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
18 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

89.8%
17% above average
Rank 22 of 649
Participation
77.5%
5% above average
Rank 256 of 649
530
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
457
590 eligible divisions
271
51.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
227
49.7% of votes cast
259
48.9% of votes cast
No votes
230
50.3% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

0
-82.3 vs Commons average
Rank 644 of 649
Appearances
45
-37.3 vs Commons average
Rank 481 of 649
0
-143.5 vs Commons average
Rank 643 of 649
Contributions
69
-74.5 vs Commons average
Rank 447 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£180,797
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£194,520
all imported IPSA years
£180,797
20% below average
Latest expenses
£194,520
14% below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
1
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
32 of 32 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Housing
31 of 32 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#3
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#4
Work / Employment
34 of 39 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#5
Trade
6 of 7 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

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
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
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