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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
Photograph of Sir Desmond Swayne
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 1,486 shared comparable votes.

45 same votes 1,441 different votes 1,486 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
34 Aye 31 No
Trade 3% aligned 65 shared votes
33 Aye 32 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
22 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 50 shared votes
28 Aye 22 No
25 Aye 18 No
Defence 0% aligned 43 shared votes
18 Aye 25 No
21 Aye 21 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 42 shared votes
21 Aye 21 No
25 Aye 16 No
Transport 0% aligned 41 shared votes
16 Aye 25 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

72.0 %
1 % below average
Rank 391 of 648
Participation
88.8 %
16 % above average
Rank 45 of 648
1,664
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,054
2,312 eligible divisions
926
55.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
944
46.0 % of votes cast
738
44.4 % of votes cast
No votes
1,110
54.0 % of votes cast
9
0.5 % of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6 % of votes cast
16 years, 0 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
29 years, 1 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

57
-3.4 vs Commons average
Rank 256 of 648
Appearances
103
+42.6 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 648
148
+39.1 vs Commons average
Rank 118 of 648
Contributions
111
+2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 192 of 648

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
44 % below average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
150 of 169 votes
#2
Trade
86 of 88 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
67 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
57 of 60 votes
Benefits
63 of 81 votes
#5
Defence
56 of 59 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
Aye
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
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
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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