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Ian Murray vs Sir Oliver Dowden

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 Oliver Dowden
Con Hertsmere

Voting alignment

Ian Murray and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,245 shared comparable votes.

71 same votes 1,174 different votes 1,245 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 7 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
115 Aye 66 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 181 shared votes
67 Aye 114 No
13 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 5% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No
30 Aye 56 No
Migration 5% aligned 86 shared votes
54 Aye 32 No
25 Aye 18 No
Benefits 5% aligned 43 shared votes
16 Aye 27 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 28 No
Transport 0% aligned 52 shared votes
28 Aye 24 No
31 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 49 shared votes
18 Aye 31 No
29 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 49 shared votes
20 Aye 29 No
18 Aye 18 No
Defence 0% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 No
16 Aye 11 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 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
70.5%
2% below average
Rank 418 of 649
1,692
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,676
2,376 eligible divisions
939
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
781
46.6% of votes cast
753
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
895
53.4% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

79
-3.3 vs Commons average
Rank 262 of 649
Appearances
60
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 374 of 649
161
+17.5 vs Commons average
Rank 178 of 649
Contributions
66
-77.5 vs Commons average
Rank 458 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
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£277,506
23% above average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
16
4 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
197 of 211 votes
Migration
152 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#4
Transport
77 of 95 votes
Work / Employment
60 of 77 votes
#5
Defence
54 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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 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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
No
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