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Ian Murray vs Mr Louie French

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 Mr Louie French
Mr Louie French
Con Old Bexley and Sidcup

Voting alignment

Ian Murray and Mr Louie French voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 687 shared comparable votes.

23 same votes 664 different votes 687 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
2 Aye 5 No
NHS / Health 14% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
16 Aye 7 No
Benefits 9% aligned 23 shared votes
5 Aye 18 No
6 Aye 6 No
Environment / Climate 8% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
20 Aye 5 No
Energy 4% aligned 25 shared votes
6 Aye 19 No
27 Aye 89 No
Migration 3% aligned 116 shared votes
85 Aye 31 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 47 shared votes
21 Aye 26 No
22 Aye 18 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 40 shared votes
18 Aye 22 No
21 Aye 8 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 29 shared votes
8 Aye 21 No
12 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

71.4 %
1 % below average
Rank 399 of 649
Participation
80.3 %
8 % above average
Rank 193 of 649
1,683
2,356 eligible divisions
Total votes
984
1,226 eligible divisions
934
55.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
495
50.3 % of votes cast
749
44.5 % of votes cast
No votes
489
49.7 % of votes cast
9
0.5 % of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1 % of votes cast
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
4 years, 7 months
Since 2 Dec 2021

Debates

73
-2.7 vs Commons average
Rank 267 of 649
Appearances
54
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 387 of 649
165
+30.5 vs Commons average
Rank 158 of 649
Contributions
70
-64.5 vs Commons average
Rank 414 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
£423,303
all imported IPSA years
£277,506
23 % above average
Latest expenses
£143,451
37 % below average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
12
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
Brexit / EU
16 of 16 votes
Migration
152 of 171 votes
#2
Work / Employment
61 of 63 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
29 of 30 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#4
Migration
127 of 136 votes
Benefits
63 of 81 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
50 of 54 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
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
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