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Ian Murray vs Steve Barclay

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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Steve Barclay
Con North East Cambridgeshire

Voting alignment

Ian Murray and Steve Barclay voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,239 shared comparable votes.

56 same votes 1,183 different votes 1,239 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
17 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 12% aligned 25 shared votes
11 Aye 14 No
101 Aye 72 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 173 shared votes
72 Aye 101 No
61 Aye 69 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 130 shared votes
71 Aye 59 No
33 Aye 12 No
Education 4% aligned 45 shared votes
14 Aye 31 No
21 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 24 shared votes
4 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 26 No
Transport 0% aligned 49 shared votes
26 Aye 23 No
22 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 45 shared votes
23 Aye 22 No
18 Aye 21 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 39 shared votes
21 Aye 18 No
30 Aye 8 No
Benefits 0% aligned 38 shared votes
8 Aye 30 No
18 Aye 19 No
Defence 0% aligned 37 shared votes
19 Aye 18 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
71.5%
1% below average
Rank 394 of 649
1,692
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,699
2,376 eligible divisions
939
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
811
47.7% of votes cast
753
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
888
52.3% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.2% 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
83
+0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 243 of 649
161
+17.5 vs Commons average
Rank 178 of 649
Contributions
123
-20.5 vs Commons average
Rank 259 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
£2,422,084
all imported IPSA years
£277,506
23% above average
Latest expenses
£231,894
3% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
4 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
192 of 211 votes
Migration
152 of 171 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
53 of 66 votes
Work / Employment
60 of 77 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
173 of 230 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 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
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
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
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
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading 26 Mar 2025
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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