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Ian Murray vs Mr Mark Francois

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 Mark Francois
Mr Mark Francois
Con Rayleigh and Wickford

Voting alignment

Ian Murray and Mr Mark Francois voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,184 shared comparable votes.

50 same votes 1,134 different votes 1,184 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
31 Aye 25 No
Trade 11% aligned 56 shared votes
25 Aye 31 No
11 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
15 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 5% aligned 20 shared votes
6 Aye 14 No
27 Aye 66 No
Migration 4% aligned 93 shared votes
66 Aye 27 No
17 Aye 14 No
Housing 3% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
22 Aye 26 No
Transport 0% aligned 48 shared votes
26 Aye 22 No
25 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 44 shared votes
19 Aye 25 No
28 Aye 12 No
Benefits 0% aligned 40 shared votes
12 Aye 28 No
20 Aye 16 No
Defence 0% aligned 36 shared votes
16 Aye 20 No
17 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
19 Aye 17 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
67.8%
5% below average
Rank 466 of 649
1,692
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,611
2,376 eligible divisions
939
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
749
46.5% of votes cast
753
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
862
53.5% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
36
2.2% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
25 years, 4 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

79
-4.7 vs Commons average
Rank 274 of 649
Appearances
129
+45.3 vs Commons average
Rank 99 of 649
161
+15.1 vs Commons average
Rank 181 of 649
Contributions
366
+220.1 vs Commons average
Rank 43 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
£2,057,296
all imported IPSA years
£277,506
23% above average
Latest expenses
£242,339
7% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
202 of 211 votes
Migration
152 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Trade
72 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#4
Housing
53 of 67 votes
Work / Employment
60 of 77 votes
#5
Defence
53 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 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
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
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Sit in private 25 Apr 2025
Tax
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Third reading 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Scottish Affairs Committee Membership 21 Feb 2023
Aye
No
Motion to sit in private 16 Jan 2023
Tax
No
Aye
Privilege Motion 29 Nov 2022
Aye
Aye
Nationality and Borders Bill (Report): New Clause 52 7 Dec 2021
Migration
Aye
No
Draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2021 13 Jul 2021
No
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