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Heidi Alexander vs Ian Murray

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

Photograph of Heidi Alexander
Heidi Alexander
Lab Swindon South
vs
Photograph of Ian Murray
Ian Murray
Lab Edinburgh South

Voting alignment

Heidi Alexander and Ian Murray voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 469 shared comparable votes.

468 same votes 1 different votes 469 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
43 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 70 shared votes
43 Aye 27 No
53 Aye 13 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 66 shared votes
53 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 37 shared votes
16 Aye 21 No
25 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
25 Aye 9 No
19 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
11 Aye 6 No
Energy 94% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
43 Aye 27 No
Tax 100% aligned 70 shared votes
43 Aye 27 No
53 Aye 13 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 66 shared votes
53 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 37 shared votes
16 Aye 21 No
25 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
25 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

62.2 %
10 % below average
Rank 554 of 650
Participation
71.4 %
1 % below average
Rank 400 of 650
351
564 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,678
2,350 eligible divisions
164
46.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
930
55.4 % of votes cast
187
53.3 % of votes cast
No votes
748
44.6 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

57
-14.9 vs Commons average
Rank 351 of 650
Appearances
76
+4.1 vs Commons average
Rank 216 of 650
531
+403.4 vs Commons average
Rank 15 of 650
Contributions
181
+53.4 vs Commons average
Rank 124 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,369,392
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,997,266
all imported IPSA years
£178,830
21 % below average
Latest expenses
£277,506
23 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
5
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

Migration
11 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#2
Migration
150 of 169 votes
Transport
25 of 29 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Housing
26 of 31 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
#5
Benefits
63 of 81 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Renewal of Trident nuclear weapons system 18 Jul 2016
Energy
No rebel
Where they voted the same
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API