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James Murray vs Jeff Smith

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

Photograph of James Murray
James Murray
Lab Ealing North
vs
Photograph of Jeff Smith
Jeff Smith
Lab Manchester Withington

Voting alignment

James Murray and Jeff Smith voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 956 shared comparable votes.

956 same votes 0 different votes 956 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
95 Aye 53 No
Tax 100% aligned 148 shared votes
95 Aye 53 No
29 Aye 85 No
Migration 100% aligned 114 shared votes
29 Aye 85 No
46 Aye 54 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 100 shared votes
46 Aye 54 No
30 Aye 15 No
Housing 100% aligned 45 shared votes
30 Aye 15 No
29 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 44 shared votes
29 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
95 Aye 53 No
Tax 100% aligned 148 shared votes
95 Aye 53 No
29 Aye 85 No
Migration 100% aligned 114 shared votes
29 Aye 85 No
46 Aye 54 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 100 shared votes
46 Aye 54 No
30 Aye 15 No
Housing 100% aligned 45 shared votes
30 Aye 15 No
29 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 44 shared votes
29 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

74.1 %
1 % above average
Rank 346 of 648
Participation
79.5 %
6 % above average
Rank 228 of 648
1,181
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,312 eligible divisions
629
53.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,009
54.9 % of votes cast
552
46.7 % of votes cast
No votes
828
45.1 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
8
0.4 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

38
-22.4 vs Commons average
Rank 439 of 648
Appearances
16
-44.4 vs Commons average
Rank 589 of 648
219
+110.1 vs Commons average
Rank 63 of 648
Contributions
21
-87.9 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£1,325,130
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
£293,355
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£284,126
26 % above average
7
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

Environment / Climate
39 of 41 votes
#1
Housing
61 of 66 votes
Housing
48 of 53 votes
#2
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
Foreign Affairs
45 of 50 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 43 votes
Migration
130 of 152 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Education
57 of 68 votes
#5
Work / Employment
65 of 75 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
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