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James McMurdock vs David Smith
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
James McMurdock and David Smith voted the same way 13% of the time, based on 163 shared comparable votes.
21 same votes
142 different votes
163 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
41.2%
31% below average
Participation
69.5%
3% below average
242
587 eligible divisions
Total votes
408
587 eligible divisions
119
49.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
202
49.5% of votes cast
123
50.8% of votes cast
No votes
206
50.5% of votes cast
1
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
14
3.4% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Debates
27
-53.7 vs Commons average
Appearances
73
-7.7 vs Commons average
32
-108.6 vs Commons average
Contributions
98
-42.6 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
£182,965
all imported IPSA years
£171,670
24% below average
Latest expenses
£182,965
19% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API