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Ben Maguire vs James Cartlidge

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


Voting alignment

Ben Maguire and James Cartlidge voted the same way 81% of the time, based on 269 shared comparable votes.

217 same votes 52 different votes 269 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
5 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
9 Aye 18 No
Education 96% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
31 Aye 31 No
Tax 94% aligned 62 shared votes
27 Aye 35 No
2 Aye 13 No
Devolution / Local Government 93% aligned 15 shared votes
1 Aye 14 No
8 Aye 11 No
Defence 89% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
7 Aye 1 No
Energy 38% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 50% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 7 No
Benefits 55% aligned 11 shared votes
3 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 0 No
Trade 67% 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

60.3%
12% below average
Rank 571 of 649
Participation
86.4%
14% above average
Rank 67 of 649
356
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,052
2,376 eligible divisions
194
54.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
982
47.9% of votes cast
162
45.5% of votes cast
No votes
1,070
52.1% of votes cast
1
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
14
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

98
+14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 184 of 649
Appearances
62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 361 of 649
114
-31.9 vs Commons average
Rank 298 of 649
Contributions
155
+9.1 vs Commons average
Rank 196 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£178,125
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,908,598
all imported IPSA years
£178,125
21% below average
Latest expenses
£280,834
24% above average
6
5 registered categories
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
5
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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Housing
27 of 32 votes
#2
Work / Employment
73 of 77 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Defence
27 of 34 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#5
Housing
62 of 67 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API