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Ian Murray vs Jo Platt

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 Jo Platt
Jo Platt
Lab Leigh and Atherton

Voting alignment

Ian Murray and Jo Platt voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 665 shared comparable votes.

660 same votes 5 different votes 665 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
67 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 104 shared votes
67 Aye 37 No
33 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 54 shared votes
33 Aye 21 No
27 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 40 shared votes
27 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
20 Aye 6 No
Transport 100% aligned 26 shared votes
20 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 93% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No
17 Aye 7 No
Trade 96% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
74 Aye 40 No
Brexit / EU 99% aligned 114 shared votes
75 Aye 39 No
67 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 104 shared votes
67 Aye 37 No
33 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 54 shared votes
33 Aye 21 No

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

Voting record

71.0%
1% below average
Rank 402 of 650
Participation
78.4%
6% above average
Rank 236 of 650
1,707
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
485
619 eligible divisions
944
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
242
49.9% of votes cast
763
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
243
50.1% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

74
-14.8 vs Commons average
Rank 317 of 650
Appearances
30
-58.8 vs Commons average
Rank 573 of 650
151
-3.6 vs Commons average
Rank 221 of 650
Contributions
50
-104.6 vs Commons average
Rank 522 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
£766,743
all imported IPSA years
£277,506
23% above average
Latest expenses
£208,190
8% below average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
2
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
192 of 212 votes
#1
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Migration
152 of 171 votes
#2
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Foreign Affairs
66 of 82 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 49 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes
Benefits
63 of 81 votes
#5
Education
44 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Medical Devices (Fees Amendment) Regulations 2026 28 Jan 2026
No rebel
No
Second Reading: European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill 22 Oct 2019
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
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
Aye rebel
EU - Singapore Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and Investment Protection Agreement (IPA) 12 Sept 2018
Trade
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API