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Dr Andrew Murrison vs Ian Lavery

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

Photograph of Dr Andrew Murrison
Dr Andrew Murrison
Con South West Wiltshire
vs
Photograph of Ian Lavery
Ian Lavery
Lab Blyth and Ashington

Voting alignment

Dr Andrew Murrison and Ian Lavery voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,543 shared comparable votes.

64 same votes 1,479 different votes 1,543 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
15 Aye 22 No
NHS / Health 11% aligned 37 shared votes
26 Aye 11 No
65 Aye 101 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 166 shared votes
105 Aye 61 No
17 Aye 36 No
Benefits 6% aligned 53 shared votes
33 Aye 20 No
61 Aye 64 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 125 shared votes
63 Aye 62 No
18 Aye 10 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 32 No
Transport 0% aligned 68 shared votes
32 Aye 36 No
30 Aye 32 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 62 shared votes
32 Aye 30 No
33 Aye 28 No
Trade 0% aligned 61 shared votes
28 Aye 33 No
26 Aye 32 No
Defence 0% aligned 58 shared votes
32 Aye 26 No
18 Aye 32 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 50 shared votes
32 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

83.0%
10% above average
Rank 134 of 649
Participation
76.3%
4% above average
Rank 278 of 649
1,973
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,813
2,376 eligible divisions
942
47.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,004
55.4% of votes cast
1,031
52.3% of votes cast
No votes
809
44.6% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.3% of votes cast
25 years, 4 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

231
+147.3 vs Commons average
Rank 12 of 649
Appearances
86
+2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 649
273
+127.1 vs Commons average
Rank 73 of 649
Contributions
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 307 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,842,285
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,105,352
all imported IPSA years
£170,920
24% below average
Latest expenses
£309,158
37% above average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
3
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

Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
#1
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#2
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#3
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Migration
154 of 171 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
Work / Employment
69 of 77 votes
#5
Migration
149 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Draft Higher Education (Fee Limits and Fee Limit Condition) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 18 Mar 2026
Education
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
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