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Ian Murray vs Dr Ellie Chowns

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 Dr Ellie Chowns
Dr Ellie Chowns
Green North Herefordshire

Voting alignment

Ian Murray and Dr Ellie Chowns voted the same way 59% of the time, based on 300 shared comparable votes.

176 same votes 124 different votes 300 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
23 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 90% aligned 30 shared votes
24 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 4 No
Energy 80% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
22 Aye 6 No
Education 71% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
26 Aye 14 No
Tax 68% aligned 40 shared votes
21 Aye 19 No
6 Aye 9 No
Defence 60% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
12 Aye 0 No
Devolution / Local Government 8% aligned 12 shared votes
1 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 8 No
Housing 37% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No
6 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 40% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
21 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 49% aligned 39 shared votes
21 Aye 18 No
9 Aye 7 No
Benefits 50% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 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
80.0%
7% above average
Rank 197 of 649
1,692
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
472
590 eligible divisions
939
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
264
55.9% of votes cast
753
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
208
44.1% 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, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

79
-4.7 vs Commons average
Rank 274 of 649
Appearances
232
+148.3 vs Commons average
Rank 11 of 649
161
+15.1 vs Commons average
Rank 181 of 649
Contributions
347
+201.1 vs Commons average
Rank 48 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
£176,497
all imported IPSA years
£277,506
23% above average
Latest expenses
£176,497
22% below average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
4 of 4 votes
Migration
152 of 171 votes
#2
Housing
31 of 32 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#4
Work / Employment
36 of 39 votes
Work / Employment
60 of 77 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 1 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Immigration and Asylum (Provision of Accommodation to Failed Asylum-Seekers) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Apr 2026
Migration
No
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
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
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
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
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
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