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Ian Murray vs Sir Desmond Swayne

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 Desmond Swayne
Con New Forest West

Voting alignment

Ian Murray and Sir Desmond Swayne voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,505 shared comparable votes.

45 same votes 1,460 different votes 1,505 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
25 Aye 17 No
Benefits 5% aligned 42 shared votes
15 Aye 27 No
74 Aye 70 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 144 shared votes
73 Aye 71 No
36 Aye 31 No
Trade 3% aligned 67 shared votes
33 Aye 34 No
27 Aye 11 No
Digital / Online Safety 3% aligned 38 shared votes
12 Aye 26 No
29 Aye 15 No
Energy 2% aligned 44 shared votes
16 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 52 shared votes
28 Aye 24 No
25 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 47 shared votes
22 Aye 25 No
26 Aye 18 No
Transport 0% aligned 44 shared votes
18 Aye 26 No
21 Aye 21 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 42 shared votes
21 Aye 21 No
23 Aye 15 No
Housing 0% aligned 38 shared votes
15 Aye 23 No

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

Voting record

71.5 %
1 % below average
Rank 393 of 649
Participation
88.7 %
16 % above average
Rank 35 of 649
1,688
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,094
2,361 eligible divisions
936
55.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
969
46.3 % of votes cast
752
44.5 % of votes cast
No votes
1,125
53.7 % of votes cast
9
0.5 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

73
-4.9 vs Commons average
Rank 283 of 650
Appearances
139
+61.1 vs Commons average
Rank 73 of 650
165
+26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 161 of 650
Contributions
142
+3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 195 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
£1,360,399
all imported IPSA years
£277,506
23 % above average
Latest expenses
£127,783
43 % below average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 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
210 of 211 votes
Migration
152 of 171 votes
#2
Trade
89 of 91 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Work / Employment
60 of 77 votes
#5
Defence
67 of 71 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
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
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
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
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
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
Scotland (Self-Determination): Ten Minute Rule Motion 16 Jan 2024
No
Aye
Draft Postal Packets (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2023 18 Jul 2023
Aye
Aye
Adjournment (Summer, Conference and Christmas Recess) 12 Jul 2023
Aye
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