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James McMurdock vs Lucy Powell

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


Voting alignment

James McMurdock and Lucy Powell voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 197 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 188 different votes 197 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
5 Aye 3 No
Migration 25% aligned 8 shared votes
1 Aye 7 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
12 Aye 13 No
Education 4% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 37 No
Tax 0% aligned 56 shared votes
37 Aye 19 No
13 Aye 3 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 16 shared votes
3 Aye 13 No
5 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 8 No
Energy 0% aligned 10 shared votes
8 Aye 2 No
6 Aye 1 No
Defence 0% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 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
65.9%
7% below average
Rank 503 of 649
244
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,566
2,376 eligible divisions
119
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
879
56.1% of votes cast
125
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
687
43.9% 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
13 years, 10 months
Since 15 Nov 2012

Debates

28
-55.7 vs Commons average
Rank 567 of 649
Appearances
17
-66.7 vs Commons average
Rank 606 of 649
33
-112.9 vs Commons average
Rank 567 of 649
Contributions
147
+1.1 vs Commons average
Rank 213 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
£2,427,436
all imported IPSA years
£171,670
24% below average
Latest expenses
£250,940
11% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
13
5 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

Digital / Online Safety
9 of 11 votes
#1
Work / Employment
67 of 77 votes
Energy
14 of 20 votes
#2
Education
82 of 96 votes
Migration
9 of 13 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
Tax
71 of 112 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
53 of 69 votes
Housing
19 of 32 votes
#5
Defence
51 of 71 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