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Ian Murray vs Sarah Champion

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 Sarah Champion
Sarah Champion
Lab Rotherham

Voting alignment

Ian Murray and Sarah Champion voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,387 shared comparable votes.

1,371 same votes 16 different votes 1,387 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
112 Aye 59 No
Tax 100% aligned 171 shared votes
112 Aye 59 No
66 Aye 78 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 144 shared votes
66 Aye 78 No
38 Aye 102 No
Migration 100% aligned 140 shared votes
38 Aye 102 No
28 Aye 24 No
Benefits 100% aligned 52 shared votes
28 Aye 24 No
39 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 49 shared votes
39 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 93% aligned 44 shared votes
31 Aye 13 No
89 Aye 66 No
Brexit / EU 96% aligned 155 shared votes
95 Aye 60 No
30 Aye 26 No
Trade 98% aligned 56 shared votes
29 Aye 27 No
112 Aye 59 No
Tax 100% aligned 171 shared votes
112 Aye 59 No
66 Aye 78 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 144 shared votes
66 Aye 78 No

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

Voting record

70.9%
1% below average
Rank 401 of 650
Participation
70.1%
2% below average
Rank 423 of 650
1,699
2,396 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,680
2,396 eligible divisions
940
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
916
54.5% of votes cast
759
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
764
45.5% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
10
0.6% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
13 years, 10 months
Since 29 Nov 2012

Debates

75
-12.2 vs Commons average
Rank 305 of 650
Appearances
52
-35.2 vs Commons average
Rank 452 of 650
152
0.0 vs Commons average
Rank 215 of 650
Contributions
94
-58.0 vs Commons average
Rank 374 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
£2,463,004
all imported IPSA years
£277,506
23% above average
Latest expenses
£291,263
29% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
Migration
144 of 171 votes
Migration
152 of 171 votes
#2
NHS / Health
45 of 56 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 49 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 49 votes
Foreign Affairs
60 of 76 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
52 of 66 votes
Benefits
63 of 81 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
180 of 234 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill: Second Reading 20 Dec 2019
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye rebel
No
Second Reading: European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill 22 Oct 2019
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye rebel
No
Amendment 19 to the European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) Bill 4 Sept 2019
Brexit / EU
Aye rebel
Aye
Peter Kyle's motion E (Confirmatory public vote) 1 Apr 2019
No rebel
Aye
Nick Boles's motion D (Common Market 2.0) 1 Apr 2019
No rebel
Aye
Joanna Cherry's motion G (Parliamentary Supremacy) 1 Apr 2019
No rebel
Aye
Joanna Cherry's motion L (Revocation to avoid no deal) 27 Mar 2019
No rebel
Aye
Margaret Beckett's motion M (Confirmatory public vote) 27 Mar 2019
No rebel
Aye
Nick Boles's motion D (Common market 2.0) 27 Mar 2019
No 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
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
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
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
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