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Chris Bryant vs James Cartlidge

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

Photograph of Chris Bryant
Chris Bryant
Lab Rhondda and Ogmore
vs
Photograph of James Cartlidge
James Cartlidge
Con South Suffolk

Voting alignment

Chris Bryant and James Cartlidge voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,398 shared comparable votes.

71 same votes 1,327 different votes 1,398 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
18 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 30 shared votes
14 Aye 16 No
109 Aye 69 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 178 shared votes
69 Aye 109 No
25 Aye 12 No
Energy 5% aligned 37 shared votes
14 Aye 23 No
25 Aye 14 No
Benefits 5% aligned 39 shared votes
12 Aye 27 No
37 Aye 17 No
Education 4% aligned 54 shared votes
19 Aye 35 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 33 No
Transport 0% aligned 61 shared votes
33 Aye 28 No
24 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 50 shared votes
26 Aye 24 No
23 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 42 shared votes
19 Aye 23 No
22 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 39 shared votes
17 Aye 22 No
10 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

66.0%
7% below average
Rank 501 of 649
Participation
86.4%
14% above average
Rank 67 of 649
1,567
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,052
2,376 eligible divisions
891
56.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
982
47.9% of votes cast
676
43.1% of votes cast
No votes
1,070
52.1% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
14
0.7% of votes cast
25 years, 3 months
Since 7 Jun 2001
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

83
+0.7 vs Commons average
Rank 238 of 649
Appearances
61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 649
443
+299.5 vs Commons average
Rank 27 of 649
Contributions
154
+10.5 vs Commons average
Rank 193 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,807,799
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,908,598
all imported IPSA years
£277,046
22% above average
Latest expenses
£280,834
24% above average
7
3 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

Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
179 of 211 votes
#2
Work / Employment
73 of 77 votes
Trade
75 of 91 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
Defence
52 of 71 votes
#5
Housing
62 of 67 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes Order 2023 4 Dec 2023
Environment / Climate
Aye
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