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Ian Murray vs Greg 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
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Photograph of Greg Smith
Greg Smith
Con Mid Buckinghamshire

Voting alignment

Ian Murray and Greg Smith voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,008 shared comparable votes.

27 same votes 981 different votes 1,008 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
25 Aye 18 No
Benefits 5% aligned 43 shared votes
16 Aye 27 No
14 Aye 9 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
19 Aye 5 No
Energy 4% aligned 24 shared votes
6 Aye 18 No
81 Aye 39 No
Tax 3% aligned 120 shared votes
35 Aye 85 No
55 Aye 70 No
Crime / Justice 1% aligned 125 shared votes
69 Aye 56 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 51 shared votes
28 Aye 23 No
27 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 44 shared votes
17 Aye 27 No
25 Aye 18 No
Defence 0% aligned 43 shared votes
18 Aye 25 No
30 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 41 shared votes
11 Aye 30 No
21 Aye 18 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 39 shared votes
18 Aye 21 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

72.0 %
1 % below average
Rank 391 of 648
Participation
89.2 %
16 % above average
Rank 39 of 648
1,664
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,422
1,594 eligible divisions
926
55.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
689
48.5 % of votes cast
738
44.4 % of votes cast
No votes
733
51.5 % of votes cast
9
0.5 % of votes cast
Against party
21
1.5 % of votes cast
16 years, 0 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

57
-3.4 vs Commons average
Rank 256 of 648
Appearances
161
+100.6 vs Commons average
Rank 13 of 648
148
+39.1 vs Commons average
Rank 118 of 648
Contributions
231
+122.1 vs Commons average
Rank 57 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,997,266
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,059,267
all imported IPSA years
£277,506
23 % above average
Latest expenses
£286,530
27 % above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
10
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Migration
150 of 169 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
#3
Trade
49 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#4
Migration
148 of 152 votes
Benefits
63 of 81 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
39 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 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
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Sit in private 25 Apr 2025
Tax
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 21 Feb 2024
Tax
No
No
Scotland (Self-Determination): Ten Minute Rule Motion 16 Jan 2024
No
Aye
Adjournment (Summer, Conference and Christmas Recess) 12 Jul 2023
Aye
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