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Ian Murray vs Sir John Hayes

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
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Sir John Hayes
Con South Holland and The Deepings

Voting alignment

Ian Murray and Sir John Hayes voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,411 shared comparable votes.

53 same votes 1,358 different votes 1,411 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 7 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 25 shared votes
8 Aye 17 No
67 Aye 77 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 144 shared votes
80 Aye 64 No
32 Aye 29 No
Trade 3% aligned 61 shared votes
29 Aye 32 No
22 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 3% aligned 31 shared votes
10 Aye 21 No
30 Aye 10 No
Benefits 3% aligned 40 shared votes
9 Aye 31 No
Most different by topic
45 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 59 shared votes
14 Aye 45 No
33 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 52 shared votes
19 Aye 33 No
21 Aye 26 No
Transport 0% aligned 47 shared votes
26 Aye 21 No
21 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 47 shared votes
26 Aye 21 No
24 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 41 shared votes
17 Aye 24 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
81.9%
9% above average
Rank 160 of 649
1,692
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,945
2,376 eligible divisions
939
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
919
47.2% of votes cast
753
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
1,026
52.8% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
25
1.3% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

79
-4.7 vs Commons average
Rank 274 of 649
Appearances
113
+29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 134 of 649
161
+15.1 vs Commons average
Rank 181 of 649
Contributions
229
+83.1 vs Commons average
Rank 107 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
£2,932,645
all imported IPSA years
£277,506
23% above average
Latest expenses
£280,368
24% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 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
202 of 211 votes
Migration
152 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#4
Housing
60 of 67 votes
Work / Employment
60 of 77 votes
#5
Trade
78 of 91 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
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
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 9 13 Jan 2026
Tax
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 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
No
King's Speech (Motion for an Address): Amendment (d) 23 Jul 2024
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
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