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Ian Murray vs Peter Dowd

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 Peter Dowd
Peter Dowd
Lab Bootle

Voting alignment

Ian Murray and Peter Dowd voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,352 shared comparable votes.

1,341 same votes 11 different votes 1,352 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
118 Aye 66 No
Tax 100% aligned 184 shared votes
118 Aye 66 No
59 Aye 80 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 139 shared votes
59 Aye 80 No
34 Aye 55 No
Migration 100% aligned 89 shared votes
34 Aye 55 No
41 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 59 shared votes
41 Aye 18 No
27 Aye 30 No
Transport 100% aligned 57 shared votes
27 Aye 30 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 18 No
Benefits 93% aligned 41 shared votes
22 Aye 19 No
30 Aye 10 No
Energy 98% aligned 40 shared votes
31 Aye 9 No
30 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 51 shared votes
31 Aye 20 No
103 Aye 68 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 171 shared votes
106 Aye 65 No
32 Aye 31 No
Trade 98% aligned 63 shared votes
31 Aye 32 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 401 of 650
Participation
69.1%
3% below average
Rank 439 of 650
1,704
2,401 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,660
2,401 eligible divisions
941
55.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
924
55.7% of votes cast
763
44.8% of votes cast
No votes
736
44.3% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

75
-11.8 vs Commons average
Rank 304 of 650
Appearances
49
-37.8 vs Commons average
Rank 475 of 650
152
+0.8 vs Commons average
Rank 214 of 650
Contributions
37
-114.2 vs Commons average
Rank 565 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
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£277,506
23% above average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
191 of 211 votes
#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Migration
152 of 171 votes
#2
Work / Employment
67 of 80 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 49 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
40 of 49 votes
Foreign Affairs
60 of 76 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
Benefits
63 of 81 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
61 of 76 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 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 rebel
Humble address to annul Amendments Relating to the Provision of Integrated Care Regulations 2019 (S.I., 2019, No. 248) 20 Mar 2019
Aye
No rebel
Foreign Affairs Committee: membership change 19 Mar 2019
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Cross-Border Trade Resolution: Amendment (e) 20 Nov 2017
Trade
No rebel
No rebel
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Third Reading 8 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
Aye
No rebel
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Committee of the whole House Clauses 1 and 2 stand part 8 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
Aye
No rebel
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Second Reading 1 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
Aye
No rebel
Opposition Motion: The Government's plan for Brexit (Prime Minister's Amdt) 7 Dec 2016
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API