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James Murray vs Kerry McCarthy

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


Voting alignment

James Murray and Kerry McCarthy voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,104 shared comparable votes.

1,103 same votes 1 different votes 1,104 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
105 Aye 56 No
Tax 100% aligned 161 shared votes
105 Aye 56 No
34 Aye 87 No
Migration 100% aligned 121 shared votes
34 Aye 87 No
50 Aye 57 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 107 shared votes
50 Aye 57 No
39 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 53 shared votes
39 Aye 14 No
24 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 52 shared votes
24 Aye 28 No
Most different by topic
105 Aye 56 No
Tax 100% aligned 161 shared votes
105 Aye 56 No
34 Aye 87 No
Migration 100% aligned 121 shared votes
34 Aye 87 No
50 Aye 57 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 107 shared votes
50 Aye 57 No
39 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 53 shared votes
39 Aye 14 No
24 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 52 shared votes
24 Aye 28 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

73.3 %
1 % above average
Rank 354 of 649
Participation
79.1 %
6 % above average
Rank 221 of 649
1,204
1,643 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,867
2,361 eligible divisions
643
53.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
1,049
56.2 % of votes cast
561
46.6 % of votes cast
No votes
818
43.8 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
6
0.3 % of votes cast
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
21 years, 3 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

86
+8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 210 of 650
Appearances
75
-2.9 vs Commons average
Rank 270 of 650
707
+568.7 vs Commons average
Rank 9 of 650
Contributions
102
-36.3 vs Commons average
Rank 306 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,325,130
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£3,045,317
all imported IPSA years
£293,355
30 % above average
Latest expenses
£309,387
37 % above average
6
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
7
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

Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
66 of 69 votes
Housing
48 of 53 votes
#2
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
45 of 50 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
188 of 211 votes
Migration
132 of 154 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 43 votes
Education
58 of 69 votes
#5
Education
84 of 96 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API