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Sir Julian Smith vs Chris Murray

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

Photograph of Sir Julian Smith
Sir Julian Smith
Con Skipton and Ripon
vs
Photograph of Chris Murray
Chris Murray
Lab Edinburgh East and Musselburgh

Voting alignment

Sir Julian Smith and Chris Murray voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 335 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 326 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
4 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 9 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 3 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
12 Aye 8 No
Defence 5% aligned 20 shared votes
7 Aye 13 No
20 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 41 shared votes
21 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 47 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
47 Aye 30 No
10 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
23 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
23 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
19 Aye 4 No
11 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 18 shared votes
7 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

77.4 %
5 % above average
Rank 265 of 649
Participation
78.8 %
6 % above average
Rank 227 of 649
1,827
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
453
575 eligible divisions
878
48.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
225
49.7 % of votes cast
949
51.9 % of votes cast
No votes
228
50.3 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
16 years, 2 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

88
+9.5 vs Commons average
Rank 198 of 649
Appearances
47
-31.5 vs Commons average
Rank 452 of 649
105
-34.3 vs Commons average
Rank 303 of 649
Contributions
69
-70.3 vs Commons average
Rank 428 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£194,520
all imported IPSA years
£259,624
15 % above average
Latest expenses
£194,520
14 % below average
5
5 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
1
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

Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
#1
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Defence
62 of 71 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Energy
61 of 70 votes
#3
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 43 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 10 votes
Crime / Justice
191 of 230 votes
#5
Work / Employment
34 of 39 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
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
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Amendment 9 20 Oct 2025
Defence
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
Aye
Draft Contracts for Difference (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2025 11 Jun 2025
Aye
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
Draft Windsor Framework (Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals) Regulations 2024 13 Nov 2024
Aye
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