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Ian Murray vs Julia Lopez

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
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Photograph of Julia Lopez
Julia Lopez
Con Hornchurch and Upminster

Voting alignment

Ian Murray and Julia Lopez voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,311 shared comparable votes.

55 same votes 1,256 different votes 1,311 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
33 Aye 11 No
Education 5% aligned 44 shared votes
13 Aye 31 No
28 Aye 17 No
Benefits 4% aligned 45 shared votes
15 Aye 30 No
16 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 No
36 Aye 102 No
Migration 4% aligned 138 shared votes
99 Aye 39 No
22 Aye 10 No
Energy 3% aligned 32 shared votes
11 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 51 shared votes
24 Aye 27 No
31 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 50 shared votes
19 Aye 31 No
21 Aye 21 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 42 shared votes
21 Aye 21 No
22 Aye 19 No
Defence 0% aligned 41 shared votes
19 Aye 22 No
20 Aye 21 No
Transport 0% aligned 41 shared votes
21 Aye 20 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
83.4%
11% above average
Rank 127 of 649
1,692
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,768
2,121 eligible divisions
939
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
848
48.0% of votes cast
753
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
920
52.0% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
14
0.8% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

79
-4.7 vs Commons average
Rank 274 of 649
Appearances
29
-54.7 vs Commons average
Rank 562 of 649
161
+15.1 vs Commons average
Rank 181 of 649
Contributions
35
-110.9 vs Commons average
Rank 563 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
£1,261,152
all imported IPSA years
£277,506
23% above average
Latest expenses
£227,011
same as average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
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
191 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
185 of 188 votes
Migration
152 of 171 votes
#2
Migration
151 of 163 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Trade
79 of 87 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
60 of 77 votes
#5
Tax
251 of 288 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
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 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
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
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Postal Packets (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2023 18 Jul 2023
Aye
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