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James McMurdock vs Jayne Kirkham

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


Voting alignment

James McMurdock and Jayne Kirkham voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 221 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 211 different votes 221 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 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 11 No
Housing 6% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 42 No
Tax 0% aligned 65 shared votes
42 Aye 23 No
5 Aye 9 No
Energy 0% aligned 14 shared votes
9 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 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
82.5%
10% above average
Rank 144 of 649
244
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
487
590 eligible divisions
119
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
245
50.3% of votes cast
125
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
242
49.7% 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
-55.7 vs Commons average
Rank 567 of 649
Appearances
219
+135.3 vs Commons average
Rank 14 of 649
33
-112.9 vs Commons average
Rank 567 of 649
Contributions
266
+120.1 vs Commons average
Rank 79 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
£143,536
all imported IPSA years
£171,670
24% below average
Latest expenses
£143,536
37% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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

Digital / Online Safety
9 of 11 votes
#1
Defence
34 of 34 votes
Energy
14 of 20 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Migration
9 of 13 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Tax
71 of 112 votes
#4
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
Housing
19 of 32 votes
#5
Benefits
29 of 30 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