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Ian Murray vs Jim McMahon

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 Jim McMahon
Jim McMahon
Lab Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton

Voting alignment

Ian Murray and Jim McMahon voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,381 shared comparable votes.

1,366 same votes 15 different votes 1,381 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
32 Aye 103 No
Migration 100% aligned 135 shared votes
32 Aye 103 No
64 Aye 67 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 131 shared votes
64 Aye 67 No
45 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 61 shared votes
45 Aye 16 No
32 Aye 22 No
Benefits 100% aligned 54 shared votes
32 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
105 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 170 shared votes
108 Aye 62 No
34 Aye 23 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 57 shared votes
35 Aye 22 No
29 Aye 28 No
Trade 98% aligned 57 shared votes
28 Aye 29 No
112 Aye 60 No
Tax 100% aligned 172 shared votes
112 Aye 60 No
32 Aye 103 No
Migration 100% aligned 135 shared votes
32 Aye 103 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
71.7%
1% below average
Rank 384 of 650
1,699
2,396 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,719
2,396 eligible divisions
940
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
959
55.8% of votes cast
759
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
760
44.2% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
11
0.6% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
10 years, 10 months
Since 3 Dec 2015

Debates

75
-12.2 vs Commons average
Rank 305 of 650
Appearances
91
+3.8 vs Commons average
Rank 233 of 650
152
0.0 vs Commons average
Rank 215 of 650
Contributions
245
+93.0 vs Commons average
Rank 98 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
£1,972,637
all imported IPSA years
£277,506
23% above average
Latest expenses
£264,252
17% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
71 of 76 votes
Migration
152 of 171 votes
#2
Education
80 of 96 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 49 votes
#3
Housing
55 of 67 votes
Foreign Affairs
60 of 76 votes
#4
Migration
139 of 171 votes
Benefits
63 of 81 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
170 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No rebel
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
No rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 16 20 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: New Clause 1 13 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment (b) to New Clause 14 13 Jun 2025
Aye rebel
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
Where they voted the same
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Programme Motion 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
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