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James McMurdock vs David Simmonds
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
James McMurdock and David Simmonds voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 179 shared comparable votes.
173 same votes
6 different votes
179 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
40.9%
32% below average
Participation
83.2%
11% above average
253
619 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,404
1,687 eligible divisions
123
48.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
678
48.3% of votes cast
130
51.4% of votes cast
No votes
726
51.7% of votes cast
1
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.6% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Debates
32
-56.8 vs Commons average
Appearances
109
+20.2 vs Commons average
37
-117.6 vs Commons average
Contributions
195
+40.4 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
£1,105,547
all imported IPSA years
£171,670
24% below average
Latest expenses
£252,887
12% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
7
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
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
No
No
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API