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Mike Wood vs James 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 James Murray
James Murray
Lab Ealing North

Voting alignment

Mike Wood and James Murray voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,012 shared comparable votes.

41 same votes 971 different votes 1,012 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
14 Aye 7 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
14 Aye 17 No
Benefits 6% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 No
11 Aye 21 No
Energy 6% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
82 Aye 31 No
Migration 4% aligned 113 shared votes
27 Aye 86 No
20 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 31 shared votes
10 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
70 Aye 50 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 120 shared votes
50 Aye 70 No
27 Aye 20 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 47 shared votes
20 Aye 27 No
18 Aye 27 No
Defence 0% aligned 45 shared votes
27 Aye 18 No
16 Aye 29 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 45 shared votes
29 Aye 16 No
13 Aye 28 No
Housing 0% aligned 41 shared votes
28 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

86.2%
14% above average
Rank 72 of 649
Participation
73.4%
1% above average
Rank 348 of 649
2,049
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,217
1,658 eligible divisions
986
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
647
53.2% of votes cast
1,063
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
570
46.8% of votes cast
8
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

112
+28.4 vs Commons average
Rank 135 of 650
Appearances
97
+13.4 vs Commons average
Rank 191 of 650
149
+3.3 vs Commons average
Rank 207 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

£2,040,385
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,325,130
all imported IPSA years
£275,907
22% above average
Latest expenses
£293,355
30% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
5
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
67 of 69 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Migration
162 of 171 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
45 of 50 votes
Defence
67 of 71 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 54 votes
Trade
84 of 91 votes
#4
Migration
132 of 154 votes
Housing
61 of 67 votes
#5
Education
58 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Motion to sit in private 7 Mar 2025
Tax
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 26 Nov 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye
High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill: Instruction (No. 3) 21 May 2024
Transport
Aye
Aye
the draft Economic Growth (Regulatory Functions) (Amendment) Order 2024 24 Apr 2024
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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