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Ian Murray vs Alistair Strathern

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

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Ian Murray
Lab Edinburgh South
vs
Photograph of Alistair Strathern
Alistair Strathern
Lab Hitchin

Voting alignment

Ian Murray and Alistair Strathern voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 399 shared comparable votes.

399 same votes 0 different votes 399 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
50 Aye 21 No
Tax 100% aligned 71 shared votes
50 Aye 21 No
24 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
24 Aye 20 No
8 Aye 28 No
Migration 100% aligned 36 shared votes
8 Aye 28 No
16 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
14 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
50 Aye 21 No
Tax 100% aligned 71 shared votes
50 Aye 21 No
24 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 44 shared votes
24 Aye 20 No
8 Aye 28 No
Migration 100% aligned 36 shared votes
8 Aye 28 No
16 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
14 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 27 shared votes
14 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

71.2%
1% below average
Rank 402 of 649
Participation
79.3%
7% above average
Rank 217 of 649
1,692
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
602
759 eligible divisions
939
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
308
51.2% of votes cast
753
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
294
48.8% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 11 months
Since 19 Oct 2023

Debates

79
-3.3 vs Commons average
Rank 262 of 649
Appearances
64
-18.3 vs Commons average
Rank 348 of 649
161
+17.5 vs Commons average
Rank 178 of 649
Contributions
73
-70.5 vs Commons average
Rank 427 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,997,266
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£379,404
all imported IPSA years
£277,506
23% above average
Latest expenses
£295,499
31% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
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
191 of 211 votes
#1
Benefits
31 of 31 votes
Migration
152 of 171 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
25 of 26 votes
Work / Employment
60 of 77 votes
#5
Energy
24 of 25 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
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
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
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
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
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