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Rebecca Smith vs Chris Murray

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

Photograph of Rebecca Smith
Rebecca Smith
Con South West Devon
vs
Photograph of Chris Murray
Chris Murray
Lab Edinburgh East and Musselburgh

Voting alignment

Rebecca Smith and Chris Murray voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 328 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 321 different votes 328 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
2 Aye 8 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
6 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
4 Aye 4 No
Migration 13% aligned 8 shared votes
3 Aye 5 No
22 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 38 shared votes
16 Aye 22 No
31 Aye 43 No
Tax 1% aligned 74 shared votes
42 Aye 32 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
28 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 5 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No
8 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

70.4%
2% below average
Rank 416 of 650
Participation
76.5%
4% above average
Rank 272 of 650
444
631 eligible divisions
Total votes
483
631 eligible divisions
211
47.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
236
48.9% of votes cast
233
52.5% of votes cast
No votes
247
51.1% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

169
+74.8 vs Commons average
Rank 69 of 650
Appearances
71
-23.2 vs Commons average
Rank 363 of 650
301
+136.9 vs Commons average
Rank 80 of 650
Contributions
118
-46.1 vs Commons average
Rank 339 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£213,132
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£194,520
all imported IPSA years
£213,132
6% below average
Latest expenses
£194,520
14% below average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
2
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
17 of 17 votes
#1
Housing
31 of 32 votes
Work / Employment
41 of 42 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#3
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Trade
9 of 10 votes
#4
Trade
9 of 10 votes
Crime / Justice
51 of 66 votes
#5
Work / Employment
37 of 42 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Where they voted the same
No
Motion to sit in private 16 Oct 2026
Tax
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
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
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
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