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Ian Murray vs Sir Bernard Jenkin

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 Sir Bernard Jenkin
Sir Bernard Jenkin
Con Harwich and North Essex

Voting alignment

Ian Murray and Sir Bernard Jenkin voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,375 shared comparable votes.

71 same votes 1,304 different votes 1,375 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
34 Aye 27 No
Trade 10% aligned 61 shared votes
27 Aye 34 No
13 Aye 17 No
Environment / Climate 7% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No
21 Aye 16 No
Benefits 5% aligned 37 shared votes
14 Aye 23 No
15 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
64 Aye 72 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 136 shared votes
73 Aye 63 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 23 No
Transport 0% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No
25 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 46 shared votes
21 Aye 25 No
20 Aye 23 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 43 shared votes
23 Aye 20 No
10 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
26 Aye 10 No
18 Aye 14 No
Housing 0% aligned 32 shared votes
14 Aye 18 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
79.7%
7% above average
Rank 204 of 649
1,692
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,893
2,376 eligible divisions
939
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
47.4% of votes cast
753
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
996
52.6% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.1% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

79
-3.3 vs Commons average
Rank 262 of 649
Appearances
126
+43.7 vs Commons average
Rank 102 of 649
161
+17.5 vs Commons average
Rank 178 of 649
Contributions
193
+49.5 vs Commons average
Rank 144 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
£2,529,411
all imported IPSA years
£277,506
23% above average
Latest expenses
£260,047
15% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
5 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
205 of 211 votes
Migration
152 of 171 votes
#2
Migration
158 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
Work / Employment
60 of 77 votes
#5
Trade
81 of 91 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
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
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
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
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
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