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Ian Murray vs Sir Alec Shelbrooke

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

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Ian Murray
Lab Edinburgh South
vs
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Sir Alec Shelbrooke
Con Wetherby and Easingwold

Voting alignment

Ian Murray and Sir Alec Shelbrooke voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,266 shared comparable votes.

59 same votes 1,207 different votes 1,266 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
10 Aye 3 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 13 shared votes
4 Aye 9 No
34 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 8% aligned 53 shared votes
21 Aye 32 No
24 Aye 17 No
Benefits 5% aligned 41 shared votes
15 Aye 26 No
51 Aye 61 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 112 shared votes
64 Aye 48 No
37 Aye 9 No
Education 4% aligned 46 shared votes
11 Aye 35 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 46 shared votes
22 Aye 24 No
21 Aye 22 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 43 shared votes
22 Aye 21 No
25 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
15 Aye 25 No
23 Aye 16 No
Housing 0% aligned 39 shared votes
16 Aye 23 No
15 Aye 20 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 35 shared votes
20 Aye 15 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
72.4%
same as average
Rank 370 of 649
1,692
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,720
2,376 eligible divisions
939
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
790
45.9% of votes cast
753
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
930
54.1% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

79
-3.3 vs Commons average
Rank 262 of 649
Appearances
145
+62.7 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 649
161
+17.5 vs Commons average
Rank 178 of 649
Contributions
181
+37.5 vs Commons average
Rank 155 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,997,266
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,686,484
all imported IPSA years
£277,506
23% above average
Latest expenses
£274,658
21% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
202 of 211 votes
Migration
152 of 171 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 91 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#4
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Work / Employment
60 of 77 votes
#5
Defence
65 of 71 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 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
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
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
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
Aye
Relationships and Sexuality Education (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 28 Jun 2023
Education
Aye
Aye
Privilege Motion 19 Jun 2023
Aye
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