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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.

Photograph of Ian Murray
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 234 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 227 different votes 234 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 5 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 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
19 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
17 Aye 6 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
6 Aye 17 No
3 Aye 5 No
Defence 0% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
8 Aye 0 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 8 shared votes
0 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 2 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 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
76.8 %
4 % above average
Rank 280 of 648
1,664
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
404
526 eligible divisions
926
55.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
181
44.8 % of votes cast
738
44.4 % of votes cast
No votes
223
55.2 % of votes cast
9
0.5 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
16 years, 0 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

57
-3.4 vs Commons average
Rank 256 of 648
Appearances
107
+46.6 vs Commons average
Rank 70 of 648
148
+39.1 vs Commons average
Rank 118 of 648
Contributions
214
+105.1 vs Commons average
Rank 65 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
£192,386
all imported IPSA years
£277,506
23 % above average
Latest expenses
£192,386
15 % below average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
Tax
98 of 108 votes
Migration
150 of 169 votes
#2
Crime / Justice
53 of 61 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
#3
Defence
19 of 22 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#4
Transport
18 of 21 votes
Benefits
63 of 81 votes
#5
Work / Employment
31 of 37 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
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 98 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 41 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 37 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
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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