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James McMurdock vs Mr Toby Perkins

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


Voting alignment

James McMurdock and Mr Toby Perkins voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 176 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 167 different votes 176 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
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
15 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 24 shared votes
7 Aye 17 No
7 Aye 11 No
Housing 6% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 26 No
Tax 0% aligned 46 shared votes
26 Aye 20 No
6 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 13 shared votes
7 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 8 No
Energy 0% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No
6 Aye 2 No
Defence 0% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 4 No
Transport 0% aligned 7 shared votes
4 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
73.4%
1% above average
Rank 347 of 649
244
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,745
2,376 eligible divisions
119
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
962
55.1% of votes cast
125
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
783
44.9% of votes cast
1
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

28
-55.6 vs Commons average
Rank 567 of 650
Appearances
103
+19.4 vs Commons average
Rank 161 of 650
33
-112.7 vs Commons average
Rank 567 of 650
Contributions
160
+14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 187 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
£2,954,096
all imported IPSA years
£171,670
24% below average
Latest expenses
£306,578
36% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
65 of 71 votes
Energy
14 of 20 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Migration
9 of 13 votes
#3
Migration
143 of 171 votes
Tax
71 of 112 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
Housing
19 of 32 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 47 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