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Chris McDonald vs James Cartlidge

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


Voting alignment

Chris McDonald and James Cartlidge voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 329 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 324 different votes 329 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
6 Aye 6 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
4 Aye 8 No
17 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
53 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
31 Aye 53 No
20 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 No
21 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
8 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
53 Aye 31 No
Tax 0% aligned 84 shared votes
31 Aye 53 No
20 Aye 9 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
9 Aye 20 No
21 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
8 Aye 21 No
9 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
13 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

78.3 %
6 % above average
Rank 238 of 650
Participation
86.4 %
14 % above average
Rank 69 of 650
441
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,030
2,349 eligible divisions
218
49.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
970
47.8 % of votes cast
223
50.6 % of votes cast
No votes
1,060
52.2 % of votes cast
10
2.3 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

86
+15.1 vs Commons average
Rank 164 of 650
Appearances
65
-5.9 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 650
381
+255.2 vs Commons average
Rank 26 of 650
Contributions
163
+37.2 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£217,932
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,908,598
all imported IPSA years
£217,932
4 % below average
Latest expenses
£280,834
24 % above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
4
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

NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#2
Work / Employment
71 of 75 votes
Defence
30 of 33 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#5
Housing
61 of 66 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API