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Ian Murray vs Sir James Cleverly

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 James Cleverly
Sir James Cleverly
Con Braintree

Voting alignment

Ian Murray and Sir James Cleverly voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,207 shared comparable votes.

54 same votes 1,153 different votes 1,207 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
18 Aye 10 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
24 Aye 63 No
Migration 6% aligned 87 shared votes
60 Aye 27 No
19 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 24 shared votes
6 Aye 18 No
109 Aye 66 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 175 shared votes
65 Aye 110 No
27 Aye 30 No
Trade 4% aligned 57 shared votes
32 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 26 No
Transport 0% aligned 52 shared votes
26 Aye 26 No
27 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 42 shared votes
15 Aye 27 No
30 Aye 9 No
Benefits 0% aligned 39 shared votes
9 Aye 30 No
23 Aye 14 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
14 Aye 23 No
19 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 34 shared votes
15 Aye 19 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
69.7%
3% below average
Rank 434 of 649
1,692
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,656
2,376 eligible divisions
939
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
777
46.9% of votes cast
753
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
879
53.1% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

79
-4.7 vs Commons average
Rank 274 of 649
Appearances
44
-39.7 vs Commons average
Rank 487 of 649
161
+15.1 vs Commons average
Rank 181 of 649
Contributions
90
-55.9 vs Commons average
Rank 372 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
£2,020,933
all imported IPSA years
£277,506
23% above average
Latest expenses
£266,795
18% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
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
191 of 211 votes
Migration
152 of 171 votes
#2
Transport
79 of 95 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Trade
73 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
Work / Employment
60 of 77 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
52 of 69 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
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
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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 Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 22 Mar 2023
Aye
Aye
Nuclear Energy (Financing) Bill: Third Reading 10 Jan 2022
Energy
Aye
Aye
draft Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) (No.2) Regulations 2021 14 Dec 2021
Aye
Aye
Health Protection (Entry to venues etc) SI No 1416 14 Dec 2021
Aye
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