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Steve Race vs James Murray

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

Photograph of Steve Race
Steve Race
Lab Exeter
vs
Photograph of James Murray
James Murray
Lab Ealing North

Voting alignment

Steve Race and James Murray voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 343 shared comparable votes.

343 same votes 0 different votes 343 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
48 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 83 shared votes
48 Aye 35 No
28 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
28 Aye 10 No
12 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
17 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 18 shared votes
17 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
48 Aye 35 No
Tax 100% aligned 83 shared votes
48 Aye 35 No
28 Aye 10 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
28 Aye 10 No
12 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No
17 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 18 shared votes
17 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

85.8%
13% above average
Rank 79 of 649
Participation
73.4%
1% above average
Rank 348 of 649
506
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,217
1,658 eligible divisions
269
53.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
647
53.2% of votes cast
237
46.8% of votes cast
No votes
570
46.8% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

98
+14.4 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 650
Appearances
97
+13.4 vs Commons average
Rank 191 of 650
115
-30.7 vs Commons average
Rank 292 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

£194,803
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,325,130
all imported IPSA years
£194,803
14% below average
Latest expenses
£293,355
30% above average
3
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
1
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

Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
45 of 50 votes
Transport
29 of 29 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 54 votes
Energy
20 of 20 votes
#4
Migration
132 of 154 votes
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#5
Education
58 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API