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Ian Murray vs Steve Reed

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 Steve Reed
Steve Reed
Lab Streatham and Croydon North

Voting alignment

Ian Murray and Steve Reed voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,233 shared comparable votes.

1,226 same votes 7 different votes 1,233 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
105 Aye 55 No
Tax 100% aligned 160 shared votes
105 Aye 55 No
61 Aye 53 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 114 shared votes
61 Aye 53 No
27 Aye 77 No
Migration 100% aligned 104 shared votes
27 Aye 77 No
34 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 48 shared votes
34 Aye 14 No
26 Aye 22 No
Transport 100% aligned 48 shared votes
26 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 8 No
Energy 97% aligned 31 shared votes
24 Aye 7 No
31 Aye 27 No
Trade 98% aligned 58 shared votes
30 Aye 28 No
108 Aye 70 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 178 shared votes
111 Aye 67 No
36 Aye 27 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 63 shared votes
37 Aye 26 No
105 Aye 55 No
Tax 100% aligned 160 shared votes
105 Aye 55 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

71.0%
1% below average
Rank 402 of 650
Participation
62.2%
10% below average
Rank 553 of 650
1,707
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,495
2,405 eligible divisions
944
55.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
869
58.1% of votes cast
763
44.7% of votes cast
No votes
626
41.9% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
13 years, 10 months
Since 29 Nov 2012

Debates

74
-14.4 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 650
Appearances
46
-42.4 vs Commons average
Rank 496 of 650
151
-2.9 vs Commons average
Rank 221 of 650
Contributions
410
+256.1 vs Commons average
Rank 41 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,997,266
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,494,265
all imported IPSA years
£277,506
23% above average
Latest expenses
£293,477
30% above average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
192 of 212 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
72 of 82 votes
Migration
152 of 171 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
179 of 212 votes
Foreign Affairs
66 of 82 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
37 of 49 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 49 votes
#4
Trade
70 of 94 votes
Benefits
63 of 81 votes
#5
NHS / Health
40 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Foreign Affairs Committee: membership change 19 Mar 2019
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye rebel
EU - Singapore Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and Investment Protection Agreement (IPA) 12 Sept 2018
Trade
No
No rebel
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Third Reading 8 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
Aye
No rebel
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Committee of the whole House Clauses 1 and 2 stand part 8 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
Aye
No rebel
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill: Second Reading 1 Feb 2017
Brexit / EU
Aye
No rebel
Opposition Motion: The Government's plan for Brexit (Prime Minister's Amdt) 7 Dec 2016
Aye
No rebel
Renewal of Trident nuclear weapons system 18 Jul 2016
Energy
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API