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James McMurdock vs Paulette Hamilton

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


Voting alignment

James McMurdock and Paulette Hamilton voted the same way 8% of the time, based on 200 shared comparable votes.

15 same votes 185 different votes 200 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
2 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 25% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 13% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
15 Aye 8 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 23 shared votes
7 Aye 16 No
12 Aye 14 No
Education 4% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 48 No
Tax 0% aligned 71 shared votes
48 Aye 23 No
4 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 14 shared votes
10 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 7 No
Energy 0% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 3 No
Transport 0% aligned 7 shared votes
3 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
75.5%
3% above average
Rank 299 of 649
244
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
883
1,170 eligible divisions
119
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
435
49.3% of votes cast
125
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
448
50.7% of votes cast
1
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.8% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
4 years, 6 months
Since 3 Mar 2022

Debates

28
-53.8 vs Commons average
Rank 560 of 649
Appearances
61
-20.8 vs Commons average
Rank 363 of 649
33
-109.5 vs Commons average
Rank 565 of 649
Contributions
80
-62.5 vs Commons average
Rank 395 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
£789,073
all imported IPSA years
£171,670
24% below average
Latest expenses
£285,345
26% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
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
Work / Employment
57 of 63 votes
Energy
14 of 20 votes
#2
Education
55 of 61 votes
Migration
9 of 13 votes
#3
Migration
113 of 126 votes
Tax
71 of 112 votes
#4
Benefits
34 of 39 votes
Housing
19 of 32 votes
#5
Digital / Online Safety
38 of 44 votes

Recent voting overlap

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