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Michelle Welsh vs James Murray

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


Voting alignment

Michelle Welsh and James Murray voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 332 shared comparable votes.

332 same votes 0 different votes 332 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
54 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 91 shared votes
54 Aye 37 No
28 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
28 Aye 11 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
54 Aye 37 No
Tax 100% aligned 91 shared votes
54 Aye 37 No
28 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
28 Aye 11 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

82.7%
10% above average
Rank 141 of 649
Participation
73.4%
1% above average
Rank 348 of 649
488
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,217
1,658 eligible divisions
248
50.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
647
53.2% of votes cast
240
49.2% 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

56
-27.6 vs Commons average
Rank 418 of 650
Appearances
97
+13.4 vs Commons average
Rank 191 of 650
68
-77.7 vs Commons average
Rank 454 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

£179,455
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,325,130
all imported IPSA years
£179,455
21% below average
Latest expenses
£293,355
30% above average
2
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

#1
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
45 of 50 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 54 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#4
Migration
132 of 154 votes
Energy
19 of 20 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
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API