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James McMurdock vs Sir Julian Smith
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
James McMurdock and Sir Julian Smith voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 200 shared comparable votes.
194 same votes
6 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
40.9%
32% below average
Participation
77.4%
5% above average
253
619 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,862
2,405 eligible divisions
123
48.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
898
48.2% of votes cast
130
51.4% of votes cast
No votes
964
51.8% of votes cast
1
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Debates
32
-56.8 vs Commons average
Appearances
104
+15.2 vs Commons average
37
-117.6 vs Commons average
Contributions
129
-25.6 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£171,670
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
£171,670
24% below average
Latest expenses
£259,624
15% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
5
5 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill Committee: Amendment 9
20 Oct 2025
No
rebel
No
Aye
rebel
No
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API