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Ian Murray vs Sir Julian Smith

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 Julian Smith
Con Skipton and Ripon

Voting alignment

Ian Murray and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,346 shared comparable votes.

74 same votes 1,272 different votes 1,346 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 6 No
NHS / Health 12% aligned 25 shared votes
9 Aye 16 No
95 Aye 62 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 157 shared votes
63 Aye 94 No
11 Aye 12 No
Foreign Affairs 4% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
68 Aye 76 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 144 shared votes
80 Aye 64 No
33 Aye 15 No
Benefits 4% aligned 48 shared votes
13 Aye 35 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 24 No
Transport 0% aligned 47 shared votes
24 Aye 23 No
22 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 46 shared votes
24 Aye 22 No
21 Aye 8 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 29 shared votes
8 Aye 21 No
15 Aye 12 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No
7 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 18 shared votes
11 Aye 7 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
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 257 of 649
1,692
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
939
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
884
48.1% of votes cast
753
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
953
51.9% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% 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
97
+14.7 vs Commons average
Rank 180 of 649
161
+17.5 vs Commons average
Rank 178 of 649
Contributions
115
-28.5 vs Commons average
Rank 288 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
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£277,506
23% above average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
5
5 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Migration
152 of 171 votes
#2
Defence
62 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Energy
61 of 70 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Work / Employment
60 of 77 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
191 of 230 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
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Amendment 9 20 Oct 2025
Defence
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
Aye
Draft Contracts for Difference (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2025 11 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading 26 Mar 2025
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals) Regulations 2024 13 Nov 2024
Aye
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