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James McMurdock vs Kirsty Blackman

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


Voting alignment

James McMurdock and Kirsty Blackman voted the same way 53% of the time, based on 83 shared comparable votes.

44 same votes 39 different votes 83 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
3 Aye 5 No
Energy 88% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
9 Aye 24 No
Tax 82% aligned 33 shared votes
15 Aye 18 No
2 Aye 1 No
Benefits 67% aligned 3 shared votes
1 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 50% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 4 No
Transport 50% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 4 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 1 No
Migration 0% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 50% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
2 Aye 4 No
Transport 50% aligned 6 shared votes
5 Aye 1 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
55.9%
17% below average
Rank 601 of 649
244
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,328
2,376 eligible divisions
119
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
757
57.0% of votes cast
125
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
571
43.0% 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
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

28
-55.7 vs Commons average
Rank 567 of 649
Appearances
88
+4.3 vs Commons average
Rank 224 of 649
33
-112.9 vs Commons average
Rank 567 of 649
Contributions
129
-16.9 vs Commons average
Rank 248 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
£2,143,527
all imported IPSA years
£171,670
24% below average
Latest expenses
£320,448
42% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Brexit / EU
200 of 211 votes
Energy
14 of 20 votes
#2
Trade
80 of 91 votes
Migration
9 of 13 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
Tax
71 of 112 votes
#4
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
Housing
19 of 32 votes
#5
Migration
135 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API