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Ian Murray vs Esther McVey

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 Esther McVey
Esther McVey
Con Tatton

Voting alignment

Ian Murray and Esther McVey voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,038 shared comparable votes.

50 same votes 988 different votes 1,038 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 7 No
NHS / Health 38% aligned 16 shared votes
3 Aye 13 No
13 Aye 15 No
Benefits 11% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
50 Aye 50 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 100 shared votes
54 Aye 46 No
9 Aye 9 No
Housing 6% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
19 Aye 22 No
Transport 5% aligned 41 shared votes
24 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 22 No
Trade 0% aligned 50 shared votes
22 Aye 28 No
23 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 40 shared votes
17 Aye 23 No
21 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
15 Aye 21 No
23 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 32 shared votes
9 Aye 23 No
15 Aye 10 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 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
64.7%
8% below average
Rank 522 of 649
1,692
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
939
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
630
45.9% of votes cast
753
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
743
54.1% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
54
3.9% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

79
-3.3 vs Commons average
Rank 262 of 649
Appearances
108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 649
161
+17.5 vs Commons average
Rank 178 of 649
Contributions
159
+15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 182 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
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£277,506
23% above average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 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
62 of 69 votes
Migration
152 of 171 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 87 votes
Work / Employment
60 of 77 votes
#5
Transport
67 of 88 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
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 Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 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
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Financial Markets and Services Bill Report Stage: New Clause 7 7 Dec 2022
Aye
No
Health and Care Bill: Motion to insist on disagreement with LA 80 25 Apr 2022
NHS / Health
No
No
Health and Care Bill: Motion to disagree with LA 29B 25 Apr 2022
NHS / Health
No
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