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Ian Murray vs Cat Smith

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 Cat Smith
Cat Smith
Lab Lancaster and Wyre

Voting alignment

Ian Murray and Cat Smith voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,396 shared comparable votes.

1,386 same votes 10 different votes 1,396 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
98 Aye 51 No
Tax 100% aligned 149 shared votes
98 Aye 51 No
61 Aye 79 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 140 shared votes
61 Aye 79 No
34 Aye 106 No
Migration 100% aligned 140 shared votes
34 Aye 106 No
43 Aye 17 No
Education 100% aligned 60 shared votes
43 Aye 17 No
27 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 51 shared votes
27 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 24 No
Benefits 97% aligned 58 shared votes
34 Aye 24 No
24 Aye 23 No
Trade 98% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No
33 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 52 shared votes
34 Aye 18 No
105 Aye 72 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 177 shared votes
108 Aye 69 No
98 Aye 51 No
Tax 100% aligned 149 shared votes
98 Aye 51 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 401 of 650
Participation
71.9%
same as average
Rank 381 of 650
1,699
2,396 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,723
2,396 eligible divisions
940
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
931
54.0% of votes cast
759
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
792
46.0% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

75
-11.9 vs Commons average
Rank 303 of 650
Appearances
24
-62.9 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 650
152
+0.6 vs Commons average
Rank 214 of 650
Contributions
29
-122.4 vs Commons average
Rank 587 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
£2,077,786
all imported IPSA years
£277,506
23% above average
Latest expenses
£260,697
15% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Foreign Affairs
63 of 70 votes
Migration
152 of 171 votes
#2
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 49 votes
#3
Migration
145 of 171 votes
Benefits
63 of 81 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 70 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
No rebel
Humble address to annul Amendments Relating to the Provision of Integrated Care Regulations 2019 (S.I., 2019, No. 248) 20 Mar 2019
Aye
No rebel
Foreign Affairs Committee: membership change 19 Mar 2019
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No rebel
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Third Reading 8 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
Aye
No rebel
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Committee of the whole House Clauses 1 and 2 stand part 8 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
Aye
Aye
Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA) between the EU and Canada 8 Feb 2017
Trade
No rebel
No rebel
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Second Reading 1 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
Aye
No rebel
Opposition Motion: The Government's plan for Brexit (Prime Minister's Amdt) 7 Dec 2016
Aye
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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