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Luke Murphy vs James Murray

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

Photograph of Luke Murphy
Luke Murphy
Lab Basingstoke
vs
Photograph of James Murray
James Murray
Lab Ealing North

Voting alignment

Luke Murphy and James Murray voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 317 shared comparable votes.

317 same votes 0 different votes 317 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
53 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 92 shared votes
53 Aye 39 No
28 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 42 shared votes
28 Aye 14 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 6 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 9 No
Defence 100% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
53 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 92 shared votes
53 Aye 39 No
28 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 42 shared votes
28 Aye 14 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 6 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 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

80.0%
7% above average
Rank 195 of 649
Participation
73.4%
1% above average
Rank 348 of 649
472
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,217
1,658 eligible divisions
236
50.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
647
53.2% of votes cast
236
50.0% 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

66
-17.6 vs Commons average
Rank 338 of 650
Appearances
97
+13.4 vs Commons average
Rank 191 of 650
98
-47.7 vs Commons average
Rank 343 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

£198,590
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,325,130
all imported IPSA years
£198,590
12% below average
Latest expenses
£293,355
30% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
1
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

Defence
34 of 34 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Transport
29 of 29 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
45 of 50 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 54 votes
Education
48 of 50 votes
#4
Migration
132 of 154 votes
Migration
12 of 13 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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
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