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James Asser vs Ian Murray

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


Voting alignment

James Asser and Ian Murray voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 352 shared comparable votes.

341 same votes 11 different votes 352 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
33 Aye 20 No
Tax 100% aligned 53 shared votes
33 Aye 20 No
23 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 45 shared votes
23 Aye 22 No
24 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
24 Aye 7 No
14 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 20 No
Tax 100% aligned 53 shared votes
33 Aye 20 No
23 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 45 shared votes
23 Aye 22 No
24 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 31 shared votes
24 Aye 7 No
14 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 28 shared votes
14 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 9 No
Education 100% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

85.7%
13% above average
Rank 74 of 650
Participation
71.1%
1% below average
Rank 398 of 650
545
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,722
2,422 eligible divisions
275
50.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
955
55.5% of votes cast
270
49.5% of votes cast
No votes
767
44.5% of votes cast
14
2.6% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

58
-39.0 vs Commons average
Rank 449 of 650
Appearances
87
-10.0 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 650
76
-93.2 vs Commons average
Rank 463 of 650
Contributions
203
+33.8 vs Commons average
Rank 174 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£173,878
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,997,266
all imported IPSA years
£173,878
23% below average
Latest expenses
£277,506
23% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
0
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

Benefits
32 of 32 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
192 of 212 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#2
Migration
152 of 171 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
66 of 82 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
39 of 49 votes
Environment / Climate
10 of 10 votes
#5
Benefits
65 of 83 votes

Recent voting overlap

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