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Mike Wood vs Chris Murray

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

Photograph of Mike Wood
Mike Wood
Con Kingswinford and South Staffordshire
vs
Photograph of Chris Murray
Chris Murray
Lab Edinburgh East and Musselburgh

Voting alignment

Mike Wood and Chris Murray voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 335 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 328 different votes 335 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
NHS / Health 22% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 9 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
23 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 44 shared votes
21 Aye 23 No
35 Aye 43 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
43 Aye 35 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 43 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
43 Aye 35 No
10 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
22 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 16 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
16 Aye 7 No
13 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 10 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

86.6 %
14 % above average
Rank 67 of 650
Participation
79.2 %
6 % above average
Rank 220 of 650
2,029
2,344 eligible divisions
Total votes
442
558 eligible divisions
976
48.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
216
48.9 % of votes cast
1,053
51.9 % of votes cast
No votes
226
51.1 % of votes cast
8
0.4 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

93
+23.2 vs Commons average
Rank 135 of 650
Appearances
37
-32.8 vs Commons average
Rank 485 of 650
125
+1.1 vs Commons average
Rank 200 of 650
Contributions
45
-78.9 vs Commons average
Rank 506 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,040,385
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£194,520
all imported IPSA years
£275,907
22 % above average
Latest expenses
£194,520
14 % below average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
5
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
67 of 69 votes
#1
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Migration
162 of 169 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Trade
84 of 89 votes
#3
Energy
16 of 17 votes
Defence
66 of 70 votes
#4
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Housing
60 of 66 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
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
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Third Reading 26 Mar 2025
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
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