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Ian Murray vs Andrew Western

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

Photograph of Ian Murray
Ian Murray
Lab Edinburgh South
vs
Photograph of Andrew Western
Andrew Western
Lab Stretford and Urmston

Voting alignment

Ian Murray and Andrew Western voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 498 shared comparable votes.

498 same votes 0 different votes 498 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
17 Aye 47 No
Migration 100% aligned 64 shared votes
17 Aye 47 No
39 Aye 23 No
Tax 100% aligned 62 shared votes
39 Aye 23 No
25 Aye 31 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 56 shared votes
25 Aye 31 No
28 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
28 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 18 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 47 No
Migration 100% aligned 64 shared votes
17 Aye 47 No
39 Aye 23 No
Tax 100% aligned 62 shared votes
39 Aye 23 No
25 Aye 31 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 56 shared votes
25 Aye 31 No
28 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 37 shared votes
28 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 18 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No

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

Voting record

70.9%
1% below average
Rank 402 of 650
Participation
73.4%
1% above average
Rank 344 of 650
1,707
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
736
1,003 eligible divisions
944
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
357
48.5% of votes cast
763
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
379
51.5% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
3 years, 10 months
Since 15 Dec 2022

Debates

72
-21.0 vs Commons average
Rank 347 of 650
Appearances
51
-42.0 vs Commons average
Rank 476 of 650
147
-15.0 vs Commons average
Rank 246 of 650
Contributions
319
+157.0 vs Commons average
Rank 67 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,997,266
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£577,200
all imported IPSA years
£277,506
23% above average
Latest expenses
£255,721
13% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
8
1 registered category
2
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
192 of 212 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
17 of 17 votes
Migration
152 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
17 of 19 votes
Foreign Affairs
66 of 82 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
39 of 44 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 49 votes
#4
Benefits
31 of 35 votes
Benefits
63 of 81 votes
#5
Education
50 of 58 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Programme Motion 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
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