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Ian Murray vs Sir Edward Leigh

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 Edward Leigh
Sir Edward Leigh
Con Gainsborough

Voting alignment

Ian Murray and Sir Edward Leigh voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,313 shared comparable votes.

41 same votes 1,272 different votes 1,313 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
15 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
32 Aye 26 No
Trade 3% aligned 58 shared votes
28 Aye 30 No
56 Aye 71 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 127 shared votes
73 Aye 54 No
24 Aye 14 No
Energy 3% aligned 38 shared votes
15 Aye 23 No
25 Aye 16 No
Benefits 2% aligned 41 shared votes
15 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
123 Aye 53 No
Tax 0% aligned 176 shared votes
53 Aye 123 No
22 Aye 28 No
Transport 0% aligned 50 shared votes
28 Aye 22 No
28 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 45 shared votes
17 Aye 28 No
23 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 44 shared votes
21 Aye 23 No
33 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 41 shared votes
8 Aye 33 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
75.0 %
2 % above average
Rank 313 of 649
1,688
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,771
2,361 eligible divisions
936
55.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
834
47.1 % of votes cast
752
44.5 % of votes cast
No votes
937
52.9 % of votes cast
9
0.5 % of votes cast
Against party
22
1.2 % of votes cast
16 years, 3 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
43 years, 2 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

73
-4.9 vs Commons average
Rank 283 of 650
Appearances
164
+86.1 vs Commons average
Rank 35 of 650
165
+26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 161 of 650
Contributions
184
+45.7 vs Commons average
Rank 140 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
£2,223,219
all imported IPSA years
£277,506
23 % above average
Latest expenses
£216,835
4 % below average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
188 of 211 votes
Migration
152 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Energy
56 of 70 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#4
Tax
256 of 321 votes
Work / Employment
60 of 77 votes
#5
Migration
135 of 171 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
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
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 13 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
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
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
Adjournment (Summer, Conference and Christmas Recess) 12 Jul 2023
Aye
Aye
Scottish Affairs Committee Membership 21 Feb 2023
Aye
Aye
Privilege Motion 29 Nov 2022
Aye
Aye
Nuclear Energy (Financing) Bill: Third Reading 10 Jan 2022
Energy
Aye
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