Voting Record — MPs for Edinburgh South

Ian Murray

Note: our records only go back to 1997 for the Commons and 2001 for the Lords (more details).

Name	From	To	Party	Rebellions (explain...)	Attendance (explain...)
Ian Murray (show only their votes)	5 Jul 2024	still in office	Lab	0 votes out of 15, 0.0%	15 votes out of 15, 100.0%
Ian Murray (show only their votes)	13 Dec 2019	30 May 2024	Lab	0 votes out of 775, 0.0%	775 votes out of 1069, 72.5%
Ian Murray (show only their votes)	9 Jun 2017	6 Nov 2019	Lab	3 votes out of 374, 0.8%	374 votes out of 463, 80.8%
Ian Murray (show only their votes)	8 May 2015	3 May 2017	Lab	6 votes out of 323, 1.9%	323 votes out of 467, 69.2%
Ian Murray (show only their votes)	6 May 2010	30 Mar 2015	Lab	2 votes out of 951, 0.2%	951 votes out of 1239, 76.8%
Nigel Griffiths (show only their votes)	5 May 2005	12 Apr 2010	Lab	7 votes out of 986, 0.7%	986 votes out of 1288, 76.6%
Nigel Griffiths (show only their votes)	7 Jun 2001	11 Apr 2005	Lab	6 votes out of 716, 0.8%	716 votes out of 1246, 57.5%
Nigel Griffiths (show only their votes)	1 May 1997	14 May 2001	Lab	0 votes out of 885, 0.0%	885 votes out of 1273, 69.5%

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Interesting Votes

Votes in parliament for which this MP's vote differed from the majority vote of their party (Rebel), or in which this MP was a teller (Teller), or both (Rebel Teller).

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Votes by Ian Murray MP
House	Date	Subject	Ian Murray	Lab Vote	Rôle
no rebellions, never teller
Votes by Ian Murray MP
House	Date	Subject	Ian Murray	Lab Vote	Rôle
no rebellions, never teller
Votes by Ian Murray MP
House	Date	Subject	Ian Murray	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	20 Mar 2019	The Amendments Relating to the Provision of Integrated Care Regulations 2019 — Integrated Care Contracts	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	19 Mar 2019	Foreign Affairs Committee — Membership	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	11 Dec 2018	Cannabis (Legalisation and Regulation)	both	unknown	Unknown
Commons	12 Sep 2018	EU-Singapore Free Trade Agreement and Investment Protection Agreement	Majority	no	Rebel
Votes by Ian Murray MP
House	Date	Subject	Ian Murray	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	8 Feb 2017	European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill — Third Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	8 Feb 2017	European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill — All Clauses Stand Part	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	1 Feb 2017	European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill — Second Reading	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	7 Dec 2016	The United Kingdom Leaving the European Union	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	18 Jul 2016	UK's Nuclear Deterrent — Replacement of Trident Nuclear Submarines — Maintenance of Continuous At Sea Deterrence	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	11 Sep 2015	Assisted Dying Bill — Second Reading	minority	no	Rebel
Votes by Ian Murray MP
House	Date	Subject	Ian Murray	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	11 Jul 2012	House of Commons to Sit on Tuesdays from 7pm until 10pm to Consider Private Members' Bills	Majority	aye	Rebel
Commons	15 Jun 2010	Business of the House — Size of the Backbench Business Committee	Majority	aye	Rebel
Votes by Nigel Griffiths MP
House	Date	Subject	Nigel Griffiths	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	3 Jul 2008	MPs' salaries — Increase with Public Sector Earnings Index — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	3 Jul 2008	MPs' salaries — Increases capped to 2.3% — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	19 May 2008	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill — Sibling compatibility only regenerative tissue — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 Mar 2007	Trident Replacement — Maintain Nuclear Deterrent Beyond Existing System	minority	aye	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 6 (80 per Cent. Elected)	Majority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 5 (60 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	7 Mar 2007	House of Lords Reform — Composition Option 4 (50 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Votes by Nigel Griffiths MP
House	Date	Subject	Nigel Griffiths	Lab Vote	Rôle
Commons	9 Jul 2003	Hunting Bill — New Clause 1 — Compensation	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 6 (60 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 4 (80 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — Option 2 (100 per Cent. Elected) — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	4 Feb 2003	House of Lords Reform — House of Lords to be abolished — rejected	minority	no	Rebel
Commons	14 May 2002	Modernisation of the House of Commons — SELECT COMMITTEES (No. 1)	Majority	aye	Rebel
Votes by Nigel Griffiths MP
House	Date	Subject	Nigel Griffiths	Lab Vote	Rôle
no rebellions, never teller

Policy Comparisons

This chart shows the percentage agreement between this MP and each of the policies in the database, according to their voting record.

Agreement	Policy
7%	Abortion, Embryology and Euthanasia- Against
6%	Academy Schools - for
84%	Action to prevent domestic violence and abuse
76%	Action to Reduce Spread of COVID-19
92%	Additional Rate of Income Tax - Increase
32%	Against On-Shore Wind Turbines
66%	Apprenticeships
100%	Assisted Dying
5%	Asylum System - More strict
21%	Authorised Criminal Conduct by Undercover Sources
1%	Balance the Budget Without Borrowing
85%	Bankers' Bonus Tax
50%	Brexit veto for Scotland, Wales and NI
0%	Business and community control of schools: For
0%	Cap or Reduce Public Sector Redundancy Payments
16%	Closed Material Proceedure
20%	Coalition Programme for Government - For
13%	Cull Badgers
50%	Decamp from Palace of Westminister During Works
20%	Delegate more powers to government ministers
50%	Deployment of UK armed forces in Afghanistan
7%	Deprivation of Citizenship - Easier to Do
77%	Do more to help refugees inclding children
94%	Easier access to abortion
0%	Employee Shareholder Status
59%	Employment rights
15%	Encourage and incentivise saving
0%	End support for some 16-18 yr olds in education
81%	Energy Prices - More Affordable
0%	English Votes on English Laws etc.
100%	Environmental water quality
7%	Equal Number of Electors Per Constituency - for
80%	European Union Integration - For
8%	Excess Bedroom Benefit Reduction - Social Tenants
0%	Extend Right to Buy to Housing Associations
88%	Fire Safety
44%	Fixed Term Parliaments
94%	For the UK to Remain a Member of the EU
25%	Free Market Within United Kingdom
99%	Fully Elected House of Lords
78%	Further devolution to Northern Ireland
62%	Further devolution to Scotland
69%	Further devolution to Wales
100%	Gambling - Against permissiveness
0%	GP Commissioning in the NHS
50%	Heathrow Third Runway - In Favour
81%	Higher Benefits for Ill and Disabled
100%	Higher Pay for Public Sector Workers
15%	Higher taxes on alcoholic drinks
62%	Higher taxes on banks
25%	Higher taxes on sugary drinks
100%	Homosexuality - Equal rights
78%	HS2 - In Favour
82%	Human Rights and Equality
76%	Imported Goods Must Equal UK Standards
67%	In Favour of Mass Surveillance
83%	Incentivise Low Carbon Electricity Generation
100%	Incentivise membership of press regulator
21%	Increase Air Passenger Duty
21%	Increase the income tax - tax free allowance
9%	Increase the state pension age
21%	Increase VAT
75%	Inheritance Tax
0%	Iraq Investigation - Necessary
94%	Jobs Guarantee for Long Term Young Unemployed
50%	Labour's Terrorism laws - For
100%	Limit NHS Foundation Trust Private Patient Income
0%	Localise Council Tax Support
40%	Lower taxes on petrol & diesel for motor vehicles
10%	Make High Earners Pay Market Rent for Council Home
63%	Make it easier to trigger a new election for an MP
100%	Mansion Tax
87%	Mass Retention of Communications Data
36%	Measures to reduce tax avoidance.
100%	Member trustees on pension boards
0%	Merge Police and Fire under Police & Crime Cmmr
17%	Military Action against Daesh / ISIL
85%	Minimum Wage
100%	More Emergency Service Workers
75%	More funds for social care
68%	More powers for local councils
100%	More restrictive planning laws
100%	MPs decide if to approve a withdrawal agreeement
50%	No detention without charge or trial
86%	No Polls Clash With MP Election System Referendum
77%	Nuclear power - For
82%	Openness and Transparency - In Favour
0%	Pension auto-enrolment - For
0%	Phase out of Tenancies for Life
0%	Police and Crime Commissioners
75%	Preserve Environmental Protection on EU Withdrawal
100%	Prevent abuse of zero hours contracts
0%	Privatise Royal Mail
1%	Promote Occupational Pensions
52%	Proportional Representation Voting System - For
95%	Protect tenants & leasholders from safety costs
8%	Protesting near Parliament - Restrict
84%	Public Ownership of Railways
100%	Rail Fares - Lower
50%	Recreational drugs - Against legalization
22%	Reduce capital gains tax
0%	Reduce central funding for local government
60%	Reduce max amount people may be charged for care
14%	Reduce Spending on Welfare Benefits
0%	Reduce taxes on domestic property transactions
16%	Reduce the rate of Corporation Tax
22%	Reducing the number of MPs - for
1%	Referendum on Alternative Vote for MP Elections
88%	Referendum on any EU withdrawal arrangements
50%	Referendum on UK's EU membership -For -Pre 2016
17%	Referendums for Directly Elected City Mayors
29%	Register of Lobbyists
100%	Regulate letting agent fees
38%	Regulation of Shale Gas Extraction
99%	Remove Hereditary Peers from the House of Lords
0%	Replace Higher Education Grants with Loans
88%	Require Pub Companies to Offer Rent Only Leases
18%	Require voters to show photo ID before voting
0%	Restrict 3rd party campaigners during elections
13%	Restrict Scope of Legal Aid
75%	Retain funds from council house sales locally
0%	Retention of Business Rates by Local Government
90%	Right for EU Citizens in the UK to Stay
58%	Right to strike
81%	Role of MPs in the House of Commons - Strengthen
100%	Same Sex Marriage - for
0%	Schools - Greater Autonomy
0%	Sell England's Public Forests
75%	Smoking ban - In favour
75%	State control of bus services
80%	Stop climate change
77%	Support current and former armed service members
41%	Tax Incentives for Companies Investing in Assets
100%	Teach children about drugs, sexuality and health
7%	Termination of pregnancy - against
9%	Tougher on illegal immigration
4%	Trade Unions - Restrict
40%	Trident replacement - In favour
0%	Tuition fees - Set Upper Limit at £9,000 per Year
0%	University Tuition Fees - For
41%	Use of UK Military Forces Overseas
83%	Voting age - Reduce to 16
86%	Welfare benefits ought rise in line with prices
93%	Woman's pension age increase - slow transition

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