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Edward Argar vs Chris Murray

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

Photograph of Edward Argar
Edward Argar
Con Melton and Syston
vs
Photograph of Chris Murray
Chris Murray
Lab Edinburgh East and Musselburgh

Voting alignment

Edward Argar and Chris Murray voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 358 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 353 different votes 358 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
4 Aye 9 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
22 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 36 shared votes
14 Aye 22 No
34 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
46 Aye 34 No
8 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
25 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
46 Aye 34 No
8 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
25 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

90.2 %
18 % above average
Rank 17 of 649
Participation
78.8 %
6 % above average
Rank 227 of 649
2,130
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
453
575 eligible divisions
1,014
47.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
225
49.7 % of votes cast
1,116
52.4 % of votes cast
No votes
228
50.3 % of votes cast
2
0.1 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
11 years, 2 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

82
+4.4 vs Commons average
Rank 219 of 649
Appearances
45
-32.6 vs Commons average
Rank 461 of 649
128
-9.8 vs Commons average
Rank 217 of 649
Contributions
67
-70.8 vs Commons average
Rank 430 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,201,891
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£194,520
all imported IPSA years
£201,413
11 % below average
Latest expenses
£194,520
14 % below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
3 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

Brexit / EU
209 of 211 votes
#1
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Migration
164 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#3
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
41 of 43 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
#5
Work / Employment
34 of 39 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
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
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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