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James McMurdock vs Sir Oliver Dowden
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
James McMurdock and Sir Oliver Dowden voted the same way 93% of the time, based on 179 shared comparable votes.
166 same votes
13 different votes
179 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
40.8%
32% below average
Participation
70.7%
2% below average
253
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,701
2,406 eligible divisions
123
48.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
795
46.7% of votes cast
130
51.4% of votes cast
No votes
906
53.3% of votes cast
1
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Debates
32
-57.6 vs Commons average
Appearances
59
-30.6 vs Commons average
36
-120.0 vs Commons average
Contributions
65
-91.0 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
£1,614,938
all imported IPSA years
£171,670
24% below average
Latest expenses
£226,269
same as average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
17
4 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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
Aye
No
rebel
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API