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Ian Murray vs Sir Gavin Williamson

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 Gavin Williamson
Sir Gavin Williamson
Con Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge

Voting alignment

Ian Murray and Sir Gavin Williamson voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,361 shared comparable votes.

63 same votes 1,298 different votes 1,361 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
19 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
21 Aye 19 No
Benefits 5% aligned 40 shared votes
17 Aye 23 No
61 Aye 71 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 132 shared votes
72 Aye 60 No
36 Aye 105 No
Migration 4% aligned 141 shared votes
102 Aye 39 No
23 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 3% aligned 29 shared votes
7 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 28 No
Transport 0% aligned 53 shared votes
28 Aye 25 No
28 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 47 shared votes
19 Aye 28 No
22 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 43 shared votes
21 Aye 22 No
25 Aye 16 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 41 shared votes
16 Aye 25 No
22 Aye 15 No
Housing 0% aligned 37 shared votes
15 Aye 22 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
78.3%
6% above average
Rank 235 of 649
1,692
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,860
2,376 eligible divisions
939
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
889
47.8% of votes cast
753
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
971
52.2% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.4% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

79
-3.3 vs Commons average
Rank 262 of 649
Appearances
72
-10.3 vs Commons average
Rank 302 of 649
161
+17.5 vs Commons average
Rank 178 of 649
Contributions
89
-54.5 vs Commons average
Rank 370 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
£2,645,311
all imported IPSA years
£277,506
23% above average
Latest expenses
£278,816
23% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
11
5 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
200 of 211 votes
Migration
152 of 171 votes
#2
Migration
155 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Transport
83 of 95 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#4
Trade
78 of 91 votes
Work / Employment
60 of 77 votes
#5
Housing
57 of 67 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
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
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
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
Where they voted the same
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
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
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
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
Aye
Draft Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes Order 2023 4 Dec 2023
Environment / Climate
Aye
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