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James McMurdock vs Bob Blackman
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
James McMurdock and Bob Blackman voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 197 shared comparable votes.
191 same votes
6 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
41.6%
30% below average
Participation
87.7%
16% above average
242
582 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,077
2,368 eligible divisions
119
49.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
975
46.9% of votes cast
123
50.8% of votes cast
No votes
1,102
53.1% of votes cast
1
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.6% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Debates
26
-54.0 vs Commons average
Appearances
147
+67.0 vs Commons average
31
-108.4 vs Commons average
Contributions
173
+33.6 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£171,670
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£171,670
24% below average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
10
6 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Online Safety Act 2023 (Category 1, Category 2A and Category 2B Threshold Conditions) Regulations 2025
12 Feb 2025
No
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API