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Graham Stringer vs James Murray

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

Photograph of Graham Stringer
Graham Stringer
Lab Blackley and Middleton South
vs
Photograph of James Murray
James Murray
Lab Ealing North

Voting alignment

Graham Stringer and James Murray voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 825 shared comparable votes.

805 same votes 20 different votes 825 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
80 Aye 52 No
Tax 100% aligned 132 shared votes
80 Aye 52 No
28 Aye 75 No
Migration 100% aligned 103 shared votes
28 Aye 75 No
27 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
27 Aye 11 No
22 Aye 8 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
20 Aye 9 No
Housing 100% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 11 No
Benefits 83% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
17 Aye 12 No
Defence 90% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 95% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
41 Aye 63 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 104 shared votes
42 Aye 62 No
80 Aye 52 No
Tax 100% aligned 132 shared votes
80 Aye 52 No

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

Voting record

57.8 %
15 % below average
Rank 590 of 649
Participation
73.3 %
1 % above average
Rank 354 of 649
1,364
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,204
1,643 eligible divisions
683
50.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
643
53.4 % of votes cast
681
49.9 % of votes cast
No votes
561
46.6 % of votes cast
112
8.2 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

58
-19.9 vs Commons average
Rank 375 of 650
Appearances
86
+8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 210 of 650
42
-96.3 vs Commons average
Rank 529 of 650
Contributions
707
+568.7 vs Commons average
Rank 9 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,011,354
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,325,130
all imported IPSA years
£160,334
29 % below average
Latest expenses
£293,355
30 % above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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

Migration
123 of 171 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
NHS / Health
40 of 56 votes
#2
Housing
48 of 53 votes
Foreign Affairs
47 of 69 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
45 of 50 votes
Housing
44 of 66 votes
#4
Migration
132 of 154 votes
Defence
47 of 71 votes
#5
Education
58 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 20 Jan 2026
Defence
Aye
No rebel
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 5 20 Jan 2026
Defence
Aye
No rebel
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1 20 Jan 2026
Defence
Aye
No rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
No rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
No
Where they voted the same
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
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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