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Sir Julian Smith vs James McMurdock

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


Voting alignment

Sir Julian Smith and James McMurdock voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 178 shared comparable votes.

172 same votes 6 different votes 178 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 46 No
Tax 100% aligned 61 shared votes
15 Aye 46 No
9 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
3 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 13 shared votes
3 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
2 Aye 7 No
Energy 100% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
2 Aye 3 No
Defence 80% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
14 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 91% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
15 Aye 46 No
Tax 100% aligned 61 shared votes
15 Aye 46 No
9 Aye 13 No
Education 100% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
3 Aye 10 No
Housing 100% aligned 13 shared votes
3 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

77.3 %
4 % above average
Rank 269 of 648
Participation
43.2 %
30 % below average
Rank 632 of 648
1,788
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
227
526 eligible divisions
854
47.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
108
47.6 % of votes cast
934
52.2 % of votes cast
No votes
119
52.4 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
n/a
rebellion not calculated
16 years, 1 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

59
-0.9 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 648
Appearances
14
-45.9 vs Commons average
Rank 598 of 648
73
-34.9 vs Commons average
Rank 327 of 648
Contributions
19
-88.9 vs Commons average
Rank 595 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£2,587,883
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£171,670
all imported IPSA years
£259,624
15 % above average
Latest expenses
£171,670
24 % below average
5
4 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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

Defence
52 of 59 votes
#1
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 11 votes
Energy
59 of 67 votes
#2
Migration
8 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 45 votes
#3
Energy
11 of 17 votes
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 43 votes
#4
Tax
68 of 108 votes
Crime / Justice
190 of 229 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