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Sarah Smith vs James McMurdock

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


Voting alignment

Sarah Smith and James McMurdock voted the same way 13% of the time, based on 167 shared comparable votes.

21 same votes 146 different votes 167 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
0 Aye 3 No
Devolution / Local Government 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
1 Aye 6 No
Migration 29% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
7 Aye 7 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 8 No
Housing 5% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 13 No
Tax 0% aligned 53 shared votes
13 Aye 40 No
8 Aye 2 No
Energy 0% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No
2 Aye 3 No
Defence 0% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
4 Aye 0 No
Transport 0% aligned 4 shared votes
0 Aye 4 No
1 Aye 2 No
Benefits 0% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No

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

Voting record

62.4%
10% below average
Rank 551 of 649
Participation
41.2%
31% below average
Rank 634 of 649
366
587 eligible divisions
Total votes
242
587 eligible divisions
193
52.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
119
49.2% of votes cast
173
47.3% of votes cast
No votes
123
50.8% of votes cast
13
3.6% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.4% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

63
-17.7 vs Commons average
Rank 344 of 649
Appearances
27
-53.7 vs Commons average
Rank 563 of 649
80
-60.6 vs Commons average
Rank 392 of 649
Contributions
32
-108.6 vs Commons average
Rank 565 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£195,060
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£171,670
all imported IPSA years
£195,060
14% below average
Latest expenses
£171,670
24% below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 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

Trade
6 of 7 votes
#1
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 11 votes
Migration
10 of 13 votes
#2
Energy
14 of 20 votes
Defence
25 of 34 votes
#3
Migration
9 of 13 votes
Benefits
22 of 30 votes
#4
Tax
71 of 112 votes
Education
36 of 50 votes
#5
Housing
19 of 31 votes

Recent voting overlap

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