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Ian Murray vs Gerald Jones

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 Gerald Jones
Gerald Jones
Lab Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare

Voting alignment

Ian Murray and Gerald Jones voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,414 shared comparable votes.

1,405 same votes 9 different votes 1,414 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
112 Aye 60 No
Tax 100% aligned 172 shared votes
112 Aye 60 No
73 Aye 75 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 148 shared votes
73 Aye 75 No
31 Aye 79 No
Migration 100% aligned 110 shared votes
31 Aye 79 No
48 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 59 shared votes
48 Aye 11 No
33 Aye 23 No
Benefits 100% aligned 56 shared votes
33 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 28 No
Trade 96% aligned 54 shared votes
24 Aye 30 No
24 Aye 13 No
Energy 97% aligned 37 shared votes
25 Aye 12 No
33 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 52 shared votes
34 Aye 18 No
108 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 175 shared votes
111 Aye 64 No
112 Aye 60 No
Tax 100% aligned 172 shared votes
112 Aye 60 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
81.0%
9% above average
Rank 176 of 650
1,699
2,396 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,941
2,396 eligible divisions
940
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,081
55.7% of votes cast
759
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
860
44.3% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1% 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
32
-54.9 vs Commons average
Rank 554 of 650
152
+0.6 vs Commons average
Rank 214 of 650
Contributions
40
-111.4 vs Commons average
Rank 549 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
£2,070,048
all imported IPSA years
£277,506
23% above average
Latest expenses
£278,380
23% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
69 of 70 votes
Migration
152 of 171 votes
#2
Transport
86 of 95 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 49 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 49 votes
Benefits
63 of 81 votes
#4
Housing
59 of 67 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 70 votes
#5
Defence
62 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye rebel
EU - Singapore Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and Investment Protection Agreement (IPA) 12 Sept 2018
Trade
No
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
No rebel
Renewal of Trident nuclear weapons system 18 Jul 2016
Energy
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
No
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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
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