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Mike Martin vs James Murray

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


Voting alignment

Mike Martin and James Murray voted the same way 24% of the time, based on 226 shared comparable votes.

55 same votes 171 different votes 226 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
9 Aye 0 No
Energy 78% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 63% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 2 No
Benefits 50% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 0 No
Environment / Climate 50% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 3 No
Migration 40% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 3 No
Transport 0% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 1 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
14 Aye 23 No
Education 3% aligned 37 shared votes
24 Aye 13 No
30 Aye 38 No
Tax 4% aligned 68 shared votes
41 Aye 27 No
4 Aye 5 No
Defence 11% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

58.0%
15% below average
Rank 586 of 649
Participation
73.4%
1% above average
Rank 348 of 649
342
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,217
1,658 eligible divisions
191
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
647
53.2% of votes cast
151
44.2% 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, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

114
+29.2 vs Commons average
Rank 135 of 650
Appearances
99
+14.2 vs Commons average
Rank 189 of 650
150
+2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 211 of 650
Contributions
760
+612.3 vs Commons average
Rank 6 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£164,314
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,325,130
all imported IPSA years
£164,314
27% below average
Latest expenses
£293,355
30% above average
41
5 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

Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Education
42 of 50 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
45 of 50 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 54 votes
Housing
26 of 32 votes
#4
Migration
132 of 154 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#5
Education
58 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API