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James McMurdock vs Sarah Russell

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


Voting alignment

James McMurdock and Sarah Russell voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 205 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 195 different votes 205 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 3 No
Migration 40% aligned 5 shared votes
1 Aye 4 No
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
7 Aye 5 No
Housing 8% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
16 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 25 shared votes
8 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 40 No
Tax 0% aligned 59 shared votes
40 Aye 19 No
6 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 14 shared votes
8 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 8 No
Energy 0% aligned 11 shared votes
8 Aye 3 No
6 Aye 2 No
Defence 0% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 8 shared votes
4 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
82.4%
10% above average
Rank 147 of 649
244
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
486
590 eligible divisions
119
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
247
50.8% of votes cast
125
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
239
49.2% 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
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

28
-55.7 vs Commons average
Rank 567 of 649
Appearances
97
+13.3 vs Commons average
Rank 186 of 649
33
-112.9 vs Commons average
Rank 567 of 649
Contributions
145
-0.9 vs Commons average
Rank 216 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
£179,204
all imported IPSA years
£171,670
24% below average
Latest expenses
£179,204
21% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
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
Energy
14 of 20 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Migration
9 of 13 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Tax
71 of 112 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Housing
19 of 32 votes
#5
Education
49 of 50 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