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James McMurdock vs Bill Esterson

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


Voting alignment

James McMurdock and Bill Esterson voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 187 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 178 different votes 187 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
2 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 33% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 3 No
Migration 25% aligned 8 shared votes
1 Aye 7 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 8 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
17 Aye 38 No
Tax 0% aligned 55 shared votes
38 Aye 17 No
3 Aye 11 No
Housing 0% aligned 14 shared votes
11 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 9 No
Energy 0% aligned 11 shared votes
9 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 2 No
Defence 0% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 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
71.0%
2% below average
Rank 407 of 649
244
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,687
2,376 eligible divisions
119
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
943
55.9% of votes cast
125
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
744
44.1% 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
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

28
-55.7 vs Commons average
Rank 567 of 649
Appearances
56
-27.7 vs Commons average
Rank 419 of 649
33
-112.9 vs Commons average
Rank 567 of 649
Contributions
79
-66.9 vs Commons average
Rank 412 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
£3,003,108
all imported IPSA years
£171,670
24% below average
Latest expenses
£282,481
25% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Energy
14 of 20 votes
#2
Defence
61 of 71 votes
Migration
9 of 13 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Tax
71 of 112 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Housing
19 of 32 votes
#5
Work / Employment
63 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API