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Ian Murray vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

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Ian Murray
Lab Edinburgh South
vs
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Sir Iain Duncan Smith
Con Chingford and Woodford Green

Voting alignment

Ian Murray and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,413 shared comparable votes.

61 same votes 1,352 different votes 1,413 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
35 Aye 26 No
Trade 10% aligned 61 shared votes
26 Aye 35 No
11 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
36 Aye 101 No
Migration 6% aligned 137 shared votes
97 Aye 40 No
31 Aye 19 No
Benefits 4% aligned 50 shared votes
17 Aye 33 No
22 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 3% aligned 31 shared votes
10 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
41 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 50 shared votes
9 Aye 41 No
24 Aye 26 No
Transport 0% aligned 50 shared votes
26 Aye 24 No
24 Aye 21 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 45 shared votes
21 Aye 24 No
22 Aye 20 No
Defence 0% aligned 42 shared votes
20 Aye 22 No
13 Aye 22 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 35 shared votes
22 Aye 13 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
81.4%
9% above average
Rank 172 of 649
1,692
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,935
2,376 eligible divisions
939
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
887
45.8% of votes cast
753
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
1,048
54.2% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.1% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

79
-4.7 vs Commons average
Rank 274 of 649
Appearances
99
+15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 174 of 649
161
+15.1 vs Commons average
Rank 181 of 649
Contributions
171
+25.1 vs Commons average
Rank 170 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
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£277,506
23% above average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
208 of 211 votes
Migration
152 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#4
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Work / Employment
60 of 77 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
198 of 230 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
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
Motion to sit in private 21 Feb 2024
Tax
No
No
Illegal Migration Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 102B 17 Jul 2023
Migration
No
No
Illegal Migration Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 56B 17 Jul 2023
Migration
No
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