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Neil O'Brien vs Chris Murray

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

Photograph of Neil O'Brien
Neil O'Brien
Con Harborough, Oadby and Wigston
vs
Photograph of Chris Murray
Chris Murray
Lab Edinburgh East and Musselburgh

Voting alignment

Neil O'Brien and Chris Murray voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 287 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 283 different votes 287 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
4 Aye 7 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
22 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 35 shared votes
13 Aye 22 No
29 Aye 41 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
41 Aye 29 No
11 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 41 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
41 Aye 29 No
11 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
8 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 25 shared votes
17 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

85.2 %
12 % above average
Rank 107 of 648
Participation
80.2 %
7 % above average
Rank 211 of 648
1,752
2,057 eligible divisions
Total votes
422
526 eligible divisions
860
49.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
211
50.0 % of votes cast
892
50.9 % of votes cast
No votes
211
50.0 % of votes cast
6
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
8 years, 11 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

29
-31.4 vs Commons average
Rank 490 of 648
Appearances
39
-21.4 vs Commons average
Rank 432 of 648
34
-74.9 vs Commons average
Rank 524 of 648
Contributions
48
-60.9 vs Commons average
Rank 465 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£1,900,002
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£194,520
all imported IPSA years
£311,946
38 % above average
Latest expenses
£194,520
14 % below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
0
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
Environment / Climate
41 of 43 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 188 votes
#3
Energy
16 of 17 votes
Defence
55 of 59 votes
#4
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Trade
78 of 84 votes
#5
Transport
19 of 21 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Carry-over motion 27 Apr 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: Amendments (a) to (h) in lieu of Lords Amendments 85 and 86, 97 to 116, 120, 121 and 123 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 94B and 94C 27 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
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
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