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James McMurdock vs Chris McDonald

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


Voting alignment

James McMurdock and Chris McDonald voted the same way 10% of the time, based on 201 shared comparable votes.

20 same votes 181 different votes 201 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
4 Aye 3 No
Migration 29% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 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
9 Aye 13 No
Education 5% aligned 22 shared votes
12 Aye 10 No
19 Aye 47 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
47 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 47 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
47 Aye 19 No
6 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
8 Aye 4 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
2 Aye 8 No
Energy 0% aligned 10 shared votes
8 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
77.5%
5% above average
Rank 254 of 649
244
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
457
590 eligible divisions
119
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
223
48.8% of votes cast
125
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
234
51.2% of votes cast
1
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
12
2.6% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

28
-53.7 vs Commons average
Rank 560 of 649
Appearances
91
+9.3 vs Commons average
Rank 204 of 649
33
-109.3 vs Commons average
Rank 565 of 649
Contributions
405
+262.7 vs Commons average
Rank 36 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
£217,932
all imported IPSA years
£171,670
24% below average
Latest expenses
£217,932
4% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 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
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Energy
14 of 20 votes
#2
Defence
31 of 34 votes
Migration
9 of 13 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Tax
71 of 112 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
Housing
19 of 32 votes
#5
Migration
11 of 13 votes

Recent voting overlap

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