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James McMurdock vs Andrew Western

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


Voting alignment

James McMurdock and Andrew Western voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 197 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 187 different votes 197 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
3 Aye 3 No
Migration 33% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 33% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
5 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 11% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 12 No
Housing 5% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
16 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 49 shared votes
33 Aye 16 No
8 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
6 Aye 2 No
Defence 0% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 6 No
Energy 0% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

41.4%
31% below average
Rank 632 of 649
Participation
73.2%
1% above average
Rank 357 of 649
244
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
712
973 eligible divisions
119
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
348
48.9% of votes cast
125
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
364
51.1% of votes cast
1
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
3 years, 9 months
Since 15 Dec 2022

Debates

28
-55.7 vs Commons average
Rank 567 of 649
Appearances
45
-38.7 vs Commons average
Rank 483 of 649
33
-112.9 vs Commons average
Rank 567 of 649
Contributions
298
+152.1 vs Commons average
Rank 59 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£171,670
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£577,200
all imported IPSA years
£171,670
24% below average
Latest expenses
£255,721
13% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
8
1 registered category
0
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

Digital / Online Safety
9 of 11 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
17 of 17 votes
Energy
14 of 20 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
6 of 6 votes
Migration
9 of 13 votes
#3
Tax
71 of 112 votes
#4
Benefits
31 of 35 votes
Housing
19 of 32 votes
#5
Education
50 of 58 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API