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Ian Murray vs Priti Patel

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 Priti Patel
Priti Patel
Con Witham

Voting alignment

Ian Murray and Priti Patel voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,117 shared comparable votes.

47 same votes 1,070 different votes 1,117 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
23 Aye 76 No
Migration 4% aligned 99 shared votes
72 Aye 27 No
17 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
31 Aye 24 No
Trade 4% aligned 55 shared votes
26 Aye 29 No
19 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 3% aligned 31 shared votes
11 Aye 20 No
48 Aye 46 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 94 shared votes
47 Aye 47 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 48 shared votes
12 Aye 36 No
19 Aye 26 No
Transport 0% aligned 45 shared votes
26 Aye 19 No
22 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
14 Aye 22 No
19 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 34 shared votes
15 Aye 19 No
23 Aye 10 No
Benefits 0% aligned 33 shared votes
10 Aye 23 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
61.7%
11% below average
Rank 560 of 649
1,692
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,466
2,376 eligible divisions
939
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
666
45.4% of votes cast
753
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
800
54.6% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
14
1.0% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

79
-4.6 vs Commons average
Rank 274 of 650
Appearances
68
-15.6 vs Commons average
Rank 330 of 650
161
+15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 181 of 650
Contributions
95
-50.7 vs Commons average
Rank 356 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
£2,462,741
all imported IPSA years
£277,506
23% above average
Latest expenses
£244,429
8% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
12
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
12
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
189 of 211 votes
Migration
152 of 171 votes
#2
Housing
52 of 67 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Trade
70 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#4
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
Work / Employment
60 of 77 votes
#5
Tax
217 of 322 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 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
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
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
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Motion to sit in private 16 Jan 2023
Tax
No
Aye
draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) (No.2) Regulations 2021 14 Dec 2021
Aye
Aye
Health Protection (Entry to venues etc) SI No 1416 14 Dec 2021
Aye
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