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Matthew Patrick vs James Murray

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


Voting alignment

Matthew Patrick and James Murray voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 360 shared comparable votes.

351 same votes 9 different votes 360 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
57 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 98 shared votes
57 Aye 41 No
24 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
24 Aye 14 No
11 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
19 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 20 shared votes
19 Aye 1 No
11 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
57 Aye 41 No
Tax 100% aligned 98 shared votes
57 Aye 41 No
24 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
24 Aye 14 No
11 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
19 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 20 shared votes
19 Aye 1 No
11 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

81.9%
10% above average
Rank 153 of 650
Participation
73.8%
1% above average
Rank 334 of 650
521
636 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,257
1,704 eligible divisions
254
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
667
53.1% of votes cast
267
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
590
46.9% of votes cast
9
1.7% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 11 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

42
-53.9 vs Commons average
Rank 531 of 650
Appearances
110
+14.1 vs Commons average
Rank 191 of 650
110
-57.1 vs Commons average
Rank 361 of 650
Contributions
802
+634.9 vs Commons average
Rank 6 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£174,976
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,325,130
all imported IPSA years
£174,976
23% below average
Latest expenses
£293,355
30% above average
0
0 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

Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
43 of 45 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
57 of 63 votes
Work / Employment
41 of 42 votes
#3
Housing
49 of 55 votes
Trade
9 of 10 votes
#4
Migration
132 of 154 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#5
Education
58 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
No
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API