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James McMurdock vs Priti Patel

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


Voting alignment

James McMurdock and Priti Patel voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 149 shared comparable votes.

144 same votes 5 different votes 149 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
18 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 58 shared votes
18 Aye 40 No
7 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No
2 Aye 6 No
Energy 100% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 2 No
Migration 100% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 No
0 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 5 shared votes
0 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 1 No
Digital / Online Safety 75% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
8 Aye 6 No
Crime / Justice 93% aligned 14 shared votes
7 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 11 No
Housing 94% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No
18 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 58 shared votes
18 Aye 40 No
7 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

41.6%
30% below average
Rank 620 of 649
Participation
61.7%
10% below average
Rank 548 of 649
242
582 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,462
2,368 eligible divisions
119
49.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
665
45.5% of votes cast
123
50.8% of votes cast
No votes
797
54.5% of votes cast
1
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
14
1.0% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

26
-54.0 vs Commons average
Rank 564 of 649
Appearances
66
-14.0 vs Commons average
Rank 328 of 649
31
-108.4 vs Commons average
Rank 565 of 649
Contributions
93
-46.4 vs Commons average
Rank 349 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
£2,462,741
all imported IPSA years
£171,670
24% below average
Latest expenses
£244,429
8% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
14
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
12
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
189 of 211 votes
Energy
14 of 20 votes
#2
Housing
51 of 66 votes
Migration
9 of 13 votes
#3
Trade
70 of 91 votes
Tax
71 of 112 votes
#4
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
Housing
19 of 31 votes
#5
Tax
217 of 322 votes

Recent voting overlap

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