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James McMurdock vs Gregor Poynton

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

Photograph of James McMurdock
James McMurdock
Ind South Basildon and East Thurrock
vs
Photograph of Gregor Poynton
Gregor Poynton
Lab Livingston

Voting alignment

James McMurdock and Gregor Poynton voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 204 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 195 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
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 12 No
Housing 5% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
16 Aye 5 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 21 shared votes
4 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
15 Aye 39 No
Tax 0% aligned 54 shared votes
39 Aye 15 No
6 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
2 Aye 8 No
Energy 0% aligned 10 shared votes
8 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 0% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 2 No
Defence 0% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 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
90.2%
18% above average
Rank 18 of 649
244
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
532
590 eligible divisions
119
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
270
50.8% of votes cast
125
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
262
49.2% 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
3
-80.6 vs Commons average
Rank 634 of 650
33
-112.7 vs Commons average
Rank 567 of 650
Contributions
3
-142.7 vs Commons average
Rank 630 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
£226,851
all imported IPSA years
£171,670
24% below average
Latest expenses
£226,851
same as 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
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Energy
14 of 20 votes
#2
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Migration
9 of 13 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Tax
71 of 112 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Housing
19 of 32 votes
#5
Migration
13 of 13 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 6 23 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 6 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025 2 Jul 2025
Aye
No
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 3 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 29 Apr 2025
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill Report Stage: New Clause 34 18 Mar 2025
Education
No
Aye
Draft Online Safety Act 2023 (Category 1, Category 2A and Category 2B Threshold Conditions) Regulations 2025 12 Feb 2025
Digital / Online Safety
Aye
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