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Ian Murray vs Michelle Welsh

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
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Photograph of Michelle Welsh
Michelle Welsh
Lab Sherwood Forest

Voting alignment

Ian Murray and Michelle Welsh voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 334 shared comparable votes.

334 same votes 0 different votes 334 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
41 Aye 20 No
Tax 100% aligned 61 shared votes
41 Aye 20 No
22 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
22 Aye 19 No
23 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No
23 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
23 Aye 7 No
13 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
41 Aye 20 No
Tax 100% aligned 61 shared votes
41 Aye 20 No
22 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 41 shared votes
22 Aye 19 No
23 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No
23 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 30 shared votes
23 Aye 7 No
13 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 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
82.7%
10% above average
Rank 141 of 649
1,692
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
488
590 eligible divisions
939
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
248
50.8% of votes cast
753
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
240
49.2% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

79
-4.6 vs Commons average
Rank 274 of 650
Appearances
56
-27.6 vs Commons average
Rank 418 of 650
161
+15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 181 of 650
Contributions
68
-77.7 vs Commons average
Rank 454 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
£179,455
all imported IPSA years
£277,506
23% above average
Latest expenses
£179,455
21% below average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Migration
152 of 171 votes
#2
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Work / Employment
60 of 77 votes
#5
Energy
19 of 20 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
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