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James McMurdock vs Catherine Fookes

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


Voting alignment

James McMurdock and Catherine Fookes voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 189 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 181 different votes 189 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
4 Aye 3 No
Migration 29% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 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 5 No
Housing 8% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 44 No
Tax 0% aligned 58 shared votes
44 Aye 14 No
6 Aye 12 No
Education 0% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 7 No
Energy 0% aligned 9 shared votes
7 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 2 No
Defence 0% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 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
80.0%
7% above average
Rank 196 of 649
244
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
472
590 eligible divisions
119
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
241
51.1% of votes cast
125
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
231
48.9% of votes cast
1
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

28
-55.6 vs Commons average
Rank 567 of 650
Appearances
79
-4.6 vs Commons average
Rank 275 of 650
33
-112.7 vs Commons average
Rank 567 of 650
Contributions
109
-36.7 vs Commons average
Rank 317 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£171,670
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£211,272
all imported IPSA years
£171,670
24% below average
Latest expenses
£211,272
7% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
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
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Energy
14 of 20 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Migration
9 of 13 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Tax
71 of 112 votes
#4
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Housing
19 of 32 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
56 of 62 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