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Ian Murray vs Sammy Wilson

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 Sammy Wilson
Sammy Wilson
DUP East Antrim

Voting alignment

Ian Murray and Sammy Wilson voted the same way 23% of the time, based on 1,115 shared comparable votes.

254 same votes 861 different votes 1,115 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
17 Aye 16 No
Defence 48% aligned 33 shared votes
20 Aye 13 No
20 Aye 64 No
Migration 42% aligned 84 shared votes
53 Aye 31 No
22 Aye 13 No
Benefits 40% aligned 35 shared votes
17 Aye 18 No
15 Aye 10 No
Environment / Climate 36% aligned 25 shared votes
15 Aye 10 No
49 Aye 65 No
Crime / Justice 36% aligned 114 shared votes
70 Aye 44 No
Most different by topic
1 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
18 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 6% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 No
3 Aye 11 No
Housing 7% aligned 14 shared votes
10 Aye 4 No
19 Aye 12 No
Energy 10% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 No
108 Aye 70 No
Brexit / EU 10% aligned 178 shared votes
64 Aye 114 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
62.0%
11% below average
Rank 558 of 649
1,692
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,472
2,376 eligible divisions
939
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
732
49.7% of votes cast
753
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
740
50.3% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
11
0.7% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

79
-5.8 vs Commons average
Rank 279 of 650
Appearances
111
+26.2 vs Commons average
Rank 139 of 650
161
+13.3 vs Commons average
Rank 187 of 650
Contributions
160
+12.3 vs Commons average
Rank 191 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
£2,714,557
all imported IPSA years
£277,506
23% above average
Latest expenses
£250,082
11% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
195 of 211 votes
Migration
152 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Trade
70 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#4
Defence
50 of 71 votes
Work / Employment
60 of 77 votes
#5
Energy
47 of 70 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
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
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
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
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Energy Prices Act 2022 (Extension of Time Limit) Regulations 2026 22 Apr 2026
Cost of Living Energy
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill: motion to agree with all remaining Lords Amendments 14 Apr 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 14 Jan 2026
Aye
No
Pension Schemes Bill: New Clause 26 3 Dec 2025
Benefits
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 6 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Employment Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 7 15 Sept 2025
Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: New Clause 22 10 Jun 2025
Housing
No
Aye
Armed Forces Commissioner Bill: Government amendment (a) in lieu of Lords Amendments 2 and 3 3 Jun 2025
Defence
Aye
Aye
Water (Special Measures) Bill - Government motion to insist on Commons Amendment 2 and to propose Amendment (a) in lieu 11 Feb 2025
Aye
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