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James McMurdock vs Matt Bishop

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


Voting alignment

James McMurdock and Matt Bishop voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 158 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 151 different votes 158 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
2 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 33% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
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 1 No
Digital / Online Safety 17% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 4 No
Housing 9% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 38 No
Tax 0% aligned 57 shared votes
38 Aye 19 No
14 Aye 4 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 18 shared votes
4 Aye 14 No
5 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 8 No
Energy 0% aligned 10 shared votes
8 Aye 2 No
3 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 8 shared votes
5 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
52.9%
20% below average
Rank 615 of 649
244
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
312
590 eligible divisions
119
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
145
46.5% of votes cast
125
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
167
53.5% of votes cast
1
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3% 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
34
-49.6 vs Commons average
Rank 535 of 650
33
-112.7 vs Commons average
Rank 567 of 650
Contributions
45
-100.7 vs Commons average
Rank 529 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
£157,583
all imported IPSA years
£171,670
24% below average
Latest expenses
£157,583
30% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
6
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

Digital / Online Safety
9 of 11 votes
#1
Tax
77 of 112 votes
Energy
14 of 20 votes
#2
Energy
13 of 20 votes
Migration
9 of 13 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
9 of 14 votes
Tax
71 of 112 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
7 of 11 votes
Housing
19 of 32 votes
#5
NHS / Health
7 of 11 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