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Ian Murray vs Valerie Vaz

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Ian Murray and Valerie Vaz voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,484 shared comparable votes.

1,467 same votes 17 different votes 1,484 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
125 Aye 60 No
Tax 100% aligned 185 shared votes
125 Aye 60 No
38 Aye 107 No
Migration 100% aligned 145 shared votes
38 Aye 107 No
71 Aye 71 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 142 shared votes
71 Aye 71 No
54 Aye 18 No
Education 100% aligned 72 shared votes
54 Aye 18 No
28 Aye 29 No
Transport 100% aligned 57 shared votes
28 Aye 29 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 14 No
Energy 98% aligned 44 shared votes
31 Aye 13 No
33 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 98% aligned 53 shared votes
34 Aye 19 No
108 Aye 72 No
Brexit / EU 98% aligned 180 shared votes
111 Aye 69 No
33 Aye 32 No
Trade 98% aligned 65 shared votes
32 Aye 33 No
125 Aye 60 No
Tax 100% aligned 185 shared votes
125 Aye 60 No

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

Voting record

70.8%
2% below average
Rank 402 of 650
Participation
76.7%
4% above average
Rank 269 of 650
1,693
2,390 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,833
2,390 eligible divisions
939
55.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,030
56.2% of votes cast
754
44.5% of votes cast
No votes
803
43.8% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.7% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

75
-11.9 vs Commons average
Rank 303 of 650
Appearances
31
-55.9 vs Commons average
Rank 566 of 650
152
+0.6 vs Commons average
Rank 214 of 650
Contributions
14
-137.4 vs Commons average
Rank 619 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
£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
£277,506
23% above average
Latest expenses
£218,663
3% below average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Foreign Affairs
68 of 70 votes
Migration
152 of 171 votes
#2
Education
91 of 96 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 49 votes
#3
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Benefits
63 of 81 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
54 of 70 votes
#5
Transport
80 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API