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Sarah Pochin vs Ian Murray

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

Photograph of Sarah Pochin
Sarah Pochin
RUK Runcorn and Helsby
vs
Photograph of Ian Murray
Ian Murray
Lab Edinburgh South

Voting alignment

Sarah Pochin and Ian Murray voted the same way 10% of the time, based on 158 shared comparable votes.

16 same votes 142 different votes 158 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 3 No
Migration 29% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 5 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
3 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 11 No
Housing 6% aligned 16 shared votes
10 Aye 6 No
15 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 26 shared votes
12 Aye 14 No
3 Aye 16 No
Tax 0% aligned 19 shared votes
16 Aye 3 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 16 No
Tax 0% aligned 19 shared votes
16 Aye 3 No
0 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 16 shared votes
16 Aye 0 No
3 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 9 shared votes
6 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 2 No
Trade 0% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No

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

Voting record

57.4%
15% below average
Rank 593 of 649
Participation
71.2%
1% below average
Rank 402 of 649
232
404 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,692
2,376 eligible divisions
105
45.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
939
55.5% of votes cast
127
54.7% of votes cast
No votes
753
44.5% of votes cast
7
3.0% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.5% of votes cast
1 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 2025
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

100
+18.3 vs Commons average
Rank 166 of 649
Appearances
80
-1.7 vs Commons average
Rank 254 of 649
120
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 263 of 649
Contributions
162
+19.7 vs Commons average
Rank 173 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£0
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,997,266
all imported IPSA years
n/a
average unavailable
Latest expenses
£277,506
23% above average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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

Trade
7 of 7 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
191 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#2
Migration
152 of 171 votes
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 10 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Housing
22 of 25 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes
Energy
6 of 8 votes
#5
Work / Employment
60 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 3 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Definition of Newspaper) Order 2025 16 Jul 2025
Aye
Aye
Enterprise Act 2002 (Amendment of Section 58 Considerations) Order 2025 (SI, 2025, No. 737) 16 Jul 2025
Aye
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
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025 2 Jul 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 94 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Amendment 77 20 Jun 2025
Aye
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