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Ian Murray vs Sir Roger Gale

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 Roger Gale
Sir Roger Gale
Con Herne Bay and Sandwich

Voting alignment

Ian Murray and Sir Roger Gale voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 981 shared comparable votes.

65 same votes 916 different votes 981 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
11 Aye 4 No
Environment / Climate 13% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No
27 Aye 26 No
Trade 11% aligned 53 shared votes
26 Aye 27 No
16 Aye 6 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
8 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 8% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
73 Aye 48 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 121 shared votes
45 Aye 76 No
Most different by topic
26 Aye 22 No
Transport 0% aligned 48 shared votes
22 Aye 26 No
20 Aye 19 No
Defence 0% aligned 39 shared votes
19 Aye 20 No
24 Aye 14 No
Benefits 0% aligned 38 shared votes
14 Aye 24 No
14 Aye 15 No
Housing 0% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 28 shared votes
15 Aye 13 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
56.9%
16% below average
Rank 599 of 649
1,692
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,351
2,376 eligible divisions
939
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
622
46.0% of votes cast
753
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
729
54.0% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
30
2.2% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
43 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

79
-2.8 vs Commons average
Rank 262 of 649
Appearances
109
+27.2 vs Commons average
Rank 136 of 649
161
+18.5 vs Commons average
Rank 174 of 649
Contributions
95
-47.5 vs Commons average
Rank 345 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
£2,582,465
all imported IPSA years
£277,506
23% above average
Latest expenses
£243,306
8% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
4 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
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
Migration
152 of 171 votes
#2
Defence
56 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Transport
72 of 95 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#4
Trade
66 of 91 votes
Work / Employment
60 of 77 votes
#5
Housing
48 of 67 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege Motion 29 Nov 2022
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
Aye
Health Regulations (Face Coverings) SI No 1400 14 Dec 2021
Aye
Aye
Motion No. 4 - Health Protection (Coronavirus, restrictions) (Self-isolation) 30 Nov 2021
Aye
Aye
Health Protection (Coronavirus, wearing of face coverings) (England) regulations 2021 30 Nov 2021
Aye
Aye
Health and Care Bill Report Stage: Amendment 10 23 Nov 2021
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Standing Order 163: Private Sitting 22 Oct 2021
Tax
No
No
Treasury update on international aid 13 Jul 2021
No
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