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Kate Dearden vs James Murray

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

Photograph of Kate Dearden
Kate Dearden
Lab Halifax
vs
Photograph of James Murray
James Murray
Lab Ealing North

Voting alignment

Kate Dearden and James Murray voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 311 shared comparable votes.

311 same votes 0 different votes 311 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
44 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 77 shared votes
44 Aye 33 No
27 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 40 shared votes
27 Aye 13 No
11 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 9 No
Defence 100% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
44 Aye 33 No
Tax 100% aligned 77 shared votes
44 Aye 33 No
27 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 40 shared votes
27 Aye 13 No
11 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 9 No
Defence 100% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

86.1%
13% above average
Rank 74 of 649
Participation
73.4%
1% above average
Rank 348 of 649
508
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,217
1,658 eligible divisions
247
48.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
647
53.2% of votes cast
261
51.4% of votes cast
No votes
570
46.8% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

82
-1.6 vs Commons average
Rank 256 of 650
Appearances
97
+13.4 vs Commons average
Rank 191 of 650
206
+60.3 vs Commons average
Rank 131 of 650
Contributions
757
+611.3 vs Commons average
Rank 6 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£175,203
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,325,130
all imported IPSA years
£175,203
23% below average
Latest expenses
£293,355
30% above average
7
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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

Energy
20 of 20 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
45 of 50 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 54 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Migration
132 of 154 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#5
Education
58 of 69 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 Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API