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James McMurdock vs Brian Leishman

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


Voting alignment

James McMurdock and Brian Leishman voted the same way 8% of the time, based on 204 shared comparable votes.

17 same votes 187 different votes 204 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
Benefits 67% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 33% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 2 No
Migration 29% aligned 7 shared votes
0 Aye 7 No
3 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
1 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 20% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 47 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
47 Aye 20 No
12 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
14 Aye 12 No
6 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 8 No
Energy 0% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 4 No
Housing 0% aligned 10 shared votes
4 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
73.9%
1% above average
Rank 334 of 649
244
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
436
590 eligible divisions
119
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
194
44.5% of votes cast
125
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
242
55.5% of votes cast
1
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
23
5.3% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

28
-53.8 vs Commons average
Rank 560 of 649
Appearances
133
+51.2 vs Commons average
Rank 87 of 649
33
-109.5 vs Commons average
Rank 565 of 649
Contributions
148
+5.5 vs Commons average
Rank 201 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
£182,647
all imported IPSA years
£171,670
24% below average
Latest expenses
£182,647
19% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
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
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Energy
14 of 20 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Migration
9 of 13 votes
#3
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Tax
71 of 112 votes
#4
Tax
95 of 112 votes
Housing
19 of 32 votes
#5
Migration
11 of 13 votes

Recent voting overlap

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