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Ian Murray vs Olivia Blake

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 Olivia Blake
Olivia Blake
Lab Sheffield Hallam

Voting alignment

Ian Murray and Olivia Blake voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 992 shared comparable votes.

982 same votes 10 different votes 992 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
88 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 126 shared votes
88 Aye 38 No
41 Aye 66 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 107 shared votes
41 Aye 66 No
37 Aye 16 No
Education 100% aligned 53 shared votes
37 Aye 16 No
23 Aye 27 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 50 shared votes
23 Aye 27 No
30 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 48 shared votes
30 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 18 No
Benefits 87% aligned 46 shared votes
28 Aye 18 No
9 Aye 10 No
Housing 95% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
35 Aye 88 No
Migration 98% aligned 123 shared votes
37 Aye 86 No
88 Aye 38 No
Tax 100% aligned 126 shared votes
88 Aye 38 No
41 Aye 66 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 107 shared votes
41 Aye 66 No

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

Voting record

71.0%
1% below average
Rank 402 of 650
Participation
74.2%
2% above average
Rank 327 of 650
1,707
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,252
1,687 eligible divisions
944
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
655
52.3% of votes cast
763
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
597
47.7% 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, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

74
-14.8 vs Commons average
Rank 317 of 650
Appearances
35
-53.8 vs Commons average
Rank 542 of 650
151
-3.6 vs Commons average
Rank 221 of 650
Contributions
39
-115.6 vs Commons average
Rank 562 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
£1,408,648
all imported IPSA years
£277,506
23% above average
Latest expenses
£300,839
33% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
192 of 212 votes
#1
Education
66 of 69 votes
Migration
152 of 171 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
42 of 45 votes
Foreign Affairs
66 of 82 votes
#3
Work / Employment
59 of 70 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 49 votes
#4
Migration
126 of 154 votes
Benefits
63 of 81 votes
#5
Transport
53 of 65 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 2026
No rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand part 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No rebel
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Reasoned Amendment at Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye rebel
No
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
Aye rebel
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
Aye rebel
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 3 12 May 2025
Migration
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
No
Closure motion 16 Oct 2026
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
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
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