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Mark Garnier vs Ian Murray

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

Photograph of Mark Garnier
Mark Garnier
Con Wyre Forest
vs
Photograph of Ian Murray
Ian Murray
Lab Edinburgh South

Voting alignment

Mark Garnier and Ian Murray voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,451 shared comparable votes.

80 same votes 1,371 different votes 1,451 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 17 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 25 shared votes
19 Aye 6 No
22 Aye 30 No
Foreign Affairs 6% aligned 52 shared votes
33 Aye 19 No
77 Aye 112 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 189 shared votes
114 Aye 75 No
14 Aye 30 No
Benefits 5% aligned 44 shared votes
28 Aye 16 No
101 Aye 36 No
Migration 4% aligned 137 shared votes
33 Aye 104 No
Most different by topic
25 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 54 shared votes
29 Aye 25 No
25 Aye 22 No
Transport 0% aligned 47 shared votes
22 Aye 25 No
23 Aye 21 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 44 shared votes
21 Aye 23 No
22 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 43 shared votes
21 Aye 22 No
15 Aye 23 No
Energy 0% aligned 38 shared votes
23 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

83.5%
11% above average
Rank 121 of 649
Participation
71.2%
1% below average
Rank 402 of 649
1,985
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,692
2,376 eligible divisions
970
48.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
939
55.5% of votes cast
1,015
51.1% of votes cast
No votes
753
44.5% of votes cast
25
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

74
-8.3 vs Commons average
Rank 292 of 649
Appearances
79
-3.3 vs Commons average
Rank 262 of 649
121
-22.5 vs Commons average
Rank 262 of 649
Contributions
161
+17.5 vs Commons average
Rank 178 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,564,250
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,997,266
all imported IPSA years
£260,744
15% above average
Latest expenses
£277,506
23% above average
22
7 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
4
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

Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Trade
86 of 91 votes
#2
Migration
152 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Devolution / Local Government
59 of 66 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
Migration
152 of 171 votes
#5
Work / Employment
60 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
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
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
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: New Clause 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 13 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 8 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee: Amendment 3 17 Jun 2026
Defence
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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