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James McMurdock vs Taiwo Owatemi

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


Voting alignment

James McMurdock and Taiwo Owatemi voted the same way 11% of the time, based on 176 shared comparable votes.

20 same votes 156 different votes 176 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 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 33% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
4 Aye 3 No
Migration 29% aligned 7 shared votes
1 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 1 No
Digital / Online Safety 17% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
7 Aye 11 No
Housing 6% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 14 No
Education 4% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 60 shared votes
46 Aye 14 No
12 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No
5 Aye 8 No
Energy 0% aligned 13 shared votes
8 Aye 5 No
3 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 10 shared votes
7 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 2 No
Transport 0% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 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
74.6%
2% above average
Rank 320 of 649
244
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,237
1,658 eligible divisions
119
48.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
659
53.3% of votes cast
125
51.2% of votes cast
No votes
578
46.7% of votes cast
1
0.4% of votes cast
Against party
13
1.1% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

28
-53.7 vs Commons average
Rank 560 of 649
Appearances
5
-76.7 vs Commons average
Rank 631 of 649
33
-109.3 vs Commons average
Rank 565 of 649
Contributions
5
-137.3 vs Commons average
Rank 628 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
£1,264,566
all imported IPSA years
£171,670
24% below average
Latest expenses
£280,621
24% above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
3
3 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
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Energy
14 of 20 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
Migration
9 of 13 votes
#3
NHS / Health
42 of 47 votes
Tax
71 of 112 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
152 of 174 votes
Housing
19 of 32 votes
#5

Recent voting overlap

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