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James Murray vs Sir Andrew Mitchell

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

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James Murray
Lab Ealing North
vs
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Sir Andrew Mitchell
Con Sutton Coldfield

Voting alignment

James Murray and Sir Andrew Mitchell voted the same way 8% of the time, based on 711 shared comparable votes.

57 same votes 654 different votes 711 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
8 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 13% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
24 Aye 69 No
Migration 11% aligned 93 shared votes
59 Aye 34 No
10 Aye 10 No
Benefits 10% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
16 Aye 2 No
Energy 6% aligned 18 shared votes
3 Aye 15 No
29 Aye 39 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 68 shared votes
40 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 20 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 41 shared votes
20 Aye 21 No
18 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 28 shared votes
10 Aye 18 No
9 Aye 19 No
Transport 0% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
16 Aye 11 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
16 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
10 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

73.4%
1% above average
Rank 348 of 649
Participation
62.9%
10% below average
Rank 543 of 649
1,217
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,494
2,376 eligible divisions
647
53.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
718
48.1% of votes cast
570
46.8% of votes cast
No votes
776
51.9% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.7% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001

Debates

97
+15.0 vs Commons average
Rank 184 of 649
Appearances
62
-20.0 vs Commons average
Rank 358 of 649
757
+614.3 vs Commons average
Rank 7 of 649
Contributions
72
-70.7 vs Commons average
Rank 433 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,325,130
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,625,709
all imported IPSA years
£293,355
30% above average
Latest expenses
£265,608
17% above average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
13
5 registered categories
3
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

Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
45 of 50 votes
#2
Migration
119 of 171 votes
Housing
48 of 54 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 60 votes
Migration
132 of 154 votes
#4
Transport
64 of 95 votes
Education
58 of 69 votes
#5
Trade
61 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 12 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 24 20 Jun 2025
No
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