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David Baines vs James Cartlidge

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


Voting alignment

David Baines and James Cartlidge voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 289 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 283 different votes 289 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 8 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
2 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
19 Aye 9 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 28 shared votes
9 Aye 19 No
42 Aye 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 65 shared votes
23 Aye 42 No
12 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
Most different by topic
42 Aye 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 65 shared votes
23 Aye 42 No
12 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
13 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
8 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 9 No
Housing 0% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

66.6%
6% below average
Rank 487 of 649
Participation
86.4%
14% above average
Rank 67 of 649
393
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,052
2,376 eligible divisions
191
48.6% of votes cast
Aye votes
982
47.9% of votes cast
202
51.4% of votes cast
No votes
1,070
52.1% of votes cast
15
3.8% 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

27
-56.7 vs Commons average
Rank 570 of 649
Appearances
62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 361 of 649
29
-116.9 vs Commons average
Rank 579 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

£136,662
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,908,598
all imported IPSA years
£136,662
40% below average
Latest expenses
£280,834
24% above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
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

Benefits
29 of 30 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#2
Work / Employment
73 of 77 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes
#5
Housing
62 of 67 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API