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James McMurdock vs Sir Roger Gale

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


Voting alignment

James McMurdock and Sir Roger Gale voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 156 shared comparable votes.

152 same votes 4 different votes 156 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
15 Aye 47 No
Tax 100% aligned 62 shared votes
15 Aye 47 No
10 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
6 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
0 Aye 8 No
Energy 100% aligned 8 shared votes
0 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 2 No
Defence 100% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 1 No
Digital / Online Safety 75% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
7 Aye 2 No
Crime / Justice 89% aligned 9 shared votes
8 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 11 No
Housing 94% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
15 Aye 47 No
Tax 100% aligned 62 shared votes
15 Aye 47 No
10 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 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
57.1%
15% below average
Rank 583 of 649
242
582 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,351
2,368 eligible divisions
119
49.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
622
46.0% of votes cast
123
50.8% of votes cast
No votes
729
54.0% of votes cast
1
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
30
2.2% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
43 years, 2 months
Since 9 Jun 1983

Debates

26
-54.0 vs Commons average
Rank 564 of 649
Appearances
113
+33.0 vs Commons average
Rank 120 of 649
31
-108.4 vs Commons average
Rank 565 of 649
Contributions
101
-38.4 vs Commons average
Rank 321 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
£2,582,465
all imported IPSA years
£171,670
24% below average
Latest expenses
£243,306
8% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
4 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

Digital / Online Safety
9 of 11 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
Energy
14 of 20 votes
#2
Defence
56 of 71 votes
Migration
9 of 13 votes
#3
Transport
72 of 95 votes
Tax
71 of 112 votes
#4
Housing
48 of 66 votes
Housing
19 of 31 votes
#5
Trade
66 of 91 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API