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Ian Murray vs Gregory Stafford

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

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Ian Murray
Lab Edinburgh South
vs
Photograph of Gregory Stafford
Gregory Stafford
Con Farnham and Bordon

Voting alignment

Ian Murray and Gregory Stafford voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 253 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 246 different votes 253 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
8 Aye 5 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
3 Aye 10 No
2 Aye 6 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
19 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 39 shared votes
20 Aye 19 No
35 Aye 16 No
Tax 2% aligned 51 shared votes
15 Aye 36 No
20 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 No
19 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
6 Aye 19 No
4 Aye 6 No
Transport 0% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 0 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 9 shared votes
0 Aye 9 No
3 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 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 290 of 649
1,692
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
448
590 eligible divisions
939
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
208
46.4% of votes cast
753
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
240
53.6% 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
146
+62.3 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 649
161
+15.1 vs Commons average
Rank 181 of 649
Contributions
290
+144.1 vs Commons average
Rank 64 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
£192,386
all imported IPSA years
£277,506
23% above average
Latest expenses
£192,386
15% below average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
Tax
101 of 112 votes
Migration
152 of 171 votes
#2
Crime / Justice
54 of 62 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Work / Employment
33 of 39 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#4
Education
41 of 50 votes
Work / Employment
60 of 77 votes
#5
Energy
16 of 20 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
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
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
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
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
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
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