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Ian Murray vs Lee Anderson

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
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Lee Anderson
RUK Ashfield

Voting alignment

Ian Murray and Lee Anderson voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 906 shared comparable votes.

40 same votes 866 different votes 906 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
26 Aye 11 No
Education 5% aligned 37 shared votes
11 Aye 26 No
21 Aye 19 No
Benefits 5% aligned 40 shared votes
17 Aye 23 No
9 Aye 12 No
Housing 5% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
19 Aye 4 No
Energy 4% aligned 23 shared votes
5 Aye 18 No
14 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 47 shared votes
24 Aye 23 No
24 Aye 19 No
Defence 0% aligned 43 shared votes
19 Aye 24 No
20 Aye 21 No
Trade 0% aligned 41 shared votes
21 Aye 20 No
22 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
16 Aye 22 No
22 Aye 14 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 36 shared votes
14 Aye 22 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
75.2%
3% above average
Rank 306 of 649
1,692
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,247
1,658 eligible divisions
939
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
626
50.2% of votes cast
753
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
621
49.8% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
10
0.8% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

79
-4.6 vs Commons average
Rank 274 of 650
Appearances
57
-26.6 vs Commons average
Rank 403 of 650
161
+15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 181 of 650
Contributions
80
-65.7 vs Commons average
Rank 407 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
£1,149,279
all imported IPSA years
£277,506
23% above average
Latest expenses
£264,074
17% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
4 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
Trade
53 of 53 votes
Migration
152 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#4
NHS / Health
42 of 47 votes
Work / Employment
60 of 77 votes
#5
Migration
134 of 154 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
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
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 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
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 16 Jul 2025
Aye
Aye
Enterprise Act 2002 (Amendment of Section 58 Considerations) Order 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 737) 16 Jul 2025
Aye
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
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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