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Jayne Kirkham vs James Murray

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

Photograph of Jayne Kirkham
Jayne Kirkham
Lab Truro and Falmouth
vs
Photograph of James Murray
James Murray
Lab Ealing North

Voting alignment

Jayne Kirkham and James Murray voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 344 shared comparable votes.

344 same votes 0 different votes 344 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
47 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 86 shared votes
47 Aye 39 No
28 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 42 shared votes
28 Aye 14 No
11 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 9 No
Defence 100% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
47 Aye 39 No
Tax 100% aligned 86 shared votes
47 Aye 39 No
28 Aye 14 No
Education 100% aligned 42 shared votes
28 Aye 14 No
11 Aye 16 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 100% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 9 No
Defence 100% aligned 17 shared votes
8 Aye 9 No

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

Voting record

82.5%
10% above average
Rank 144 of 649
Participation
73.4%
1% above average
Rank 348 of 649
487
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,217
1,658 eligible divisions
245
50.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
647
53.2% of votes cast
242
49.7% of votes cast
No votes
570
46.8% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

219
+135.4 vs Commons average
Rank 14 of 650
Appearances
97
+13.4 vs Commons average
Rank 191 of 650
266
+120.3 vs Commons average
Rank 79 of 650
Contributions
757
+611.3 vs Commons average
Rank 6 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£143,536
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,325,130
all imported IPSA years
£143,536
37% below average
Latest expenses
£293,355
30% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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

Defence
34 of 34 votes
#1
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
45 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 54 votes
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
#4
Migration
132 of 154 votes
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
#5
Education
58 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 6 7 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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