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Ian Murray vs Claire Coutinho

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 Claire Coutinho
Claire Coutinho
Con East Surrey

Voting alignment

Ian Murray and Claire Coutinho voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 911 shared comparable votes.

33 same votes 878 different votes 911 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
9 Aye 16 No
Benefits 8% aligned 25 shared votes
14 Aye 11 No
12 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
19 Aye 5 No
Energy 4% aligned 24 shared votes
6 Aye 18 No
23 Aye 11 No
Education 3% aligned 34 shared votes
12 Aye 22 No
74 Aye 28 No
Tax 2% aligned 102 shared votes
26 Aye 76 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 27 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 50 shared votes
27 Aye 23 No
25 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 47 shared votes
22 Aye 25 No
19 Aye 18 No
Trade 0% aligned 37 shared votes
18 Aye 19 No
16 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
21 Aye 16 No
21 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 35 shared votes
14 Aye 21 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
75.9%
3% above average
Rank 288 of 649
1,692
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,259
1,658 eligible divisions
939
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
651
51.7% of votes cast
753
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
608
48.3% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.4% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

79
-4.6 vs Commons average
Rank 274 of 650
Appearances
53
-30.6 vs Commons average
Rank 432 of 650
161
+15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 181 of 650
Contributions
108
-37.7 vs Commons average
Rank 321 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
£989,828
all imported IPSA years
£277,506
23% above average
Latest expenses
£192,253
15% below average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
6
4 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
47 of 50 votes
Migration
152 of 171 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
58 of 63 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Trade
46 of 53 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#4
Migration
133 of 154 votes
Work / Employment
60 of 77 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
38 of 44 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
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
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
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Holocaust Memorial Bill: Instruction (Amendment a) 28 Jun 2023
No
Aye
Relationships and Sexuality Education (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 28 Jun 2023
Education
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 22 Mar 2023
Aye
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