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Ian Murray vs Sir Andrew Mitchell

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
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Sir Andrew Mitchell
Con Sutton Coldfield

Voting alignment

Ian Murray and Sir Andrew Mitchell voted the same way 8% of the time, based on 1,130 shared comparable votes.

88 same votes 1,042 different votes 1,130 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
14 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 15% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
25 Aye 81 No
Migration 10% aligned 106 shared votes
72 Aye 34 No
24 Aye 26 No
Trade 8% aligned 50 shared votes
30 Aye 20 No
26 Aye 13 No
Foreign Affairs 8% aligned 39 shared votes
16 Aye 23 No
18 Aye 25 No
Transport 7% aligned 43 shared votes
28 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 29 shared votes
14 Aye 15 No
14 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
8 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 10 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 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
62.9%
10% below average
Rank 543 of 649
1,692
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,494
2,376 eligible divisions
939
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
718
48.1% of votes cast
753
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
776
51.9% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.7% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

80
-1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 257 of 649
Appearances
62
-19.7 vs Commons average
Rank 358 of 649
162
+19.8 vs Commons average
Rank 173 of 649
Contributions
72
-70.2 vs Commons average
Rank 432 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
£2,625,709
all imported IPSA years
£277,506
23% above average
Latest expenses
£265,608
17% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
13
5 registered categories
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
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
Migration
152 of 171 votes
#2
Migration
119 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 60 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#4
Transport
64 of 95 votes
Work / Employment
60 of 77 votes
#5
Trade
61 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
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
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
No
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