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Ian Murray vs Bob Blackman

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
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Bob Blackman
Con Harrow East

Voting alignment

Ian Murray and Bob Blackman voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,497 shared comparable votes.

58 same votes 1,439 different votes 1,497 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
20 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 13% aligned 30 shared votes
14 Aye 16 No
37 Aye 30 No
Trade 9% aligned 67 shared votes
30 Aye 37 No
11 Aye 13 No
Housing 8% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
33 Aye 17 No
Benefits 4% aligned 50 shared votes
15 Aye 35 No
27 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 3% aligned 36 shared votes
10 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 27 No
Transport 0% aligned 53 shared votes
27 Aye 26 No
24 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 51 shared votes
27 Aye 24 No
25 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 47 shared votes
22 Aye 25 No
21 Aye 21 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 42 shared votes
21 Aye 21 No
6 Aye 8 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 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
87.7%
15% above average
Rank 50 of 649
1,692
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,084
2,376 eligible divisions
939
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
979
47.0% of votes cast
753
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
1,105
53.0% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

79
-4.7 vs Commons average
Rank 274 of 649
Appearances
152
+68.3 vs Commons average
Rank 68 of 649
161
+15.1 vs Commons average
Rank 181 of 649
Contributions
180
+34.1 vs Commons average
Rank 161 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
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£277,506
23% above average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
6 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
Brexit / EU
211 of 211 votes
Migration
152 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
69 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Trade
87 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#4
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Work / Employment
60 of 77 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
55 of 60 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
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
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading 26 Mar 2025
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill Report Stage: New Clause 39 27 Feb 2024
Housing
Aye
No
Scotland (Self-Determination): Ten Minute Rule Motion 16 Jan 2024
No
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