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Julia Lopez vs Chris Murray

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

Photograph of Julia Lopez
Julia Lopez
Con Hornchurch and Upminster
vs
Photograph of Chris Murray
Chris Murray
Lab Edinburgh East and Musselburgh

Voting alignment

Julia Lopez and Chris Murray voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 339 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 335 different votes 339 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
3 Aye 3 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 9 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
17 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 28 shared votes
10 Aye 18 No
36 Aye 51 No
Tax 0% aligned 87 shared votes
51 Aye 36 No
11 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 51 No
Tax 0% aligned 87 shared votes
51 Aye 36 No
11 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
22 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

83.4%
11% above average
Rank 130 of 649
Participation
78.1%
5% above average
Rank 242 of 649
1,760
2,111 eligible divisions
Total votes
453
580 eligible divisions
843
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
225
49.7% of votes cast
917
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
228
50.3% of votes cast
14
0.8% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

29
-49.7 vs Commons average
Rank 549 of 649
Appearances
43
-35.7 vs Commons average
Rank 474 of 649
37
-100.1 vs Commons average
Rank 545 of 649
Contributions
65
-72.1 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,261,152
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£194,520
all imported IPSA years
£227,011
same as average
Latest expenses
£194,520
14% below average
0
0 registered categories
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

Brexit / EU
185 of 188 votes
#1
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Migration
151 of 163 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Trade
79 of 87 votes
#3
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
#4
Work / Employment
34 of 39 votes
Tax
251 of 288 votes
#5
Trade
6 of 7 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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