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Ian Murray vs Sir Julian Lewis

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 Julian Lewis
Con New Forest East

Voting alignment

Ian Murray and Sir Julian Lewis voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,380 shared comparable votes.

69 same votes 1,311 different votes 1,380 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
22 Aye 23 No
Defence 16% aligned 45 shared votes
20 Aye 25 No
35 Aye 28 No
Trade 11% aligned 63 shared votes
29 Aye 34 No
63 Aye 79 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 142 shared votes
79 Aye 63 No
16 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 24 shared votes
8 Aye 16 No
30 Aye 17 No
Benefits 6% aligned 47 shared votes
14 Aye 33 No
Most different by topic
43 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 56 shared votes
13 Aye 43 No
28 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 51 shared votes
23 Aye 28 No
23 Aye 27 No
Transport 0% aligned 50 shared votes
27 Aye 23 No
22 Aye 21 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 43 shared votes
21 Aye 22 No
19 Aye 16 No
Housing 0% aligned 35 shared votes
16 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
80.0%
7% above average
Rank 199 of 649
1,692
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,900
2,376 eligible divisions
939
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
899
47.3% of votes cast
753
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
1,001
52.7% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.2% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

79
-3.3 vs Commons average
Rank 262 of 649
Appearances
361
+278.7 vs Commons average
Rank 6 of 649
161
+17.5 vs Commons average
Rank 178 of 649
Contributions
478
+334.5 vs Commons average
Rank 23 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
£2,159,138
all imported IPSA years
£277,506
23% above average
Latest expenses
£212,155
6% below average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
193 of 211 votes
Migration
152 of 171 votes
#2
Trade
83 of 91 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
Work / Employment
60 of 77 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
58 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
No
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
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
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
Aye
Victims and Prisoners Bill Report Stage: New Clause 27 4 Dec 2023
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 161 4 Sept 2023
Crime / Justice
No
No
Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 159 4 Sept 2023
Crime / Justice
No
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