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Ian Murray vs Sir Christopher Chope

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 Christopher Chope
Sir Christopher Chope
Con Christchurch

Voting alignment

Ian Murray and Sir Christopher Chope voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 988 shared comparable votes.

32 same votes 956 different votes 988 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
5 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
26 Aye 14 No
Trade 8% aligned 40 shared votes
15 Aye 25 No
19 Aye 6 No
Housing 4% aligned 25 shared votes
7 Aye 18 No
20 Aye 8 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
107 Aye 67 No
Brexit / EU 3% aligned 174 shared votes
61 Aye 113 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 48 shared votes
18 Aye 30 No
22 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
5 Aye 22 No
19 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
12 Aye 14 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
9 Aye 17 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 26 shared votes
17 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

71.4 %
1 % below average
Rank 400 of 649
Participation
59.3 %
13 % below average
Rank 579 of 649
1,681
2,354 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,397
2,354 eligible divisions
933
55.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
593
42.4 % of votes cast
748
44.5 % of votes cast
No votes
804
57.6 % of votes cast
9
0.5 % of votes cast
Against party
73
5.2 % of votes cast
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
29 years, 2 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

73
-2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 260 of 649
Appearances
33
-42.1 vs Commons average
Rank 521 of 649
165
+31.7 vs Commons average
Rank 156 of 649
Contributions
32
-101.3 vs Commons average
Rank 557 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
£2,114,098
all imported IPSA years
£277,506
23 % above average
Latest expenses
£249,241
10 % above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
304
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
192 of 211 votes
Migration
150 of 169 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
55 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Migration
132 of 169 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
45 of 60 votes
Benefits
63 of 81 votes
#5
Tax
220 of 321 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Industry and Exports (Financial Assistance) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 23 Feb 2026
Trade
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Sit in private 25 Apr 2025
Tax
No
No
Motion to sit in private 21 Feb 2024
Tax
No
Aye
Financial Markets and Services Bill Report Stage: New Clause 7 7 Dec 2022
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: the State Pension triple lock 8 Nov 2022
Aye
No
Health and Social Care Levy (Ways and Means) 8 Sep 2021
No
No
Fire Safety Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4L 28 Apr 2021
No
No
Fire Safety Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 4B, 4C, 4D and 4E 22 Mar 2021
No
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