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Derek Twigg vs James Cartlidge

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

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Derek Twigg
Lab Widnes and Halewood
vs
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James Cartlidge
Con South Suffolk

Voting alignment

Derek Twigg and James Cartlidge voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,195 shared comparable votes.

55 same votes 1,140 different votes 1,195 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
97 Aye 47 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 144 shared votes
51 Aye 93 No
67 Aye 58 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 125 shared votes
57 Aye 68 No
21 Aye 15 No
Benefits 6% aligned 36 shared votes
13 Aye 23 No
24 Aye 50 No
Migration 4% aligned 74 shared votes
47 Aye 27 No
23 Aye 5 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 28 shared votes
6 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 32 No
Transport 0% aligned 51 shared votes
32 Aye 19 No
33 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 48 shared votes
15 Aye 33 No
17 Aye 26 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 43 shared votes
26 Aye 17 No
17 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 43 shared votes
26 Aye 17 No
23 Aye 15 No
Energy 0% aligned 38 shared votes
15 Aye 23 No

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

Voting record

58.1 %
15 % below average
Rank 587 of 649
Participation
86.4 %
14 % above average
Rank 67 of 649
1,371
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,040
2,361 eligible divisions
792
57.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
974
47.7 % of votes cast
579
42.2 % of votes cast
No votes
1,066
52.3 % of votes cast
25
1.8 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6 % of votes cast
29 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

53
-24.9 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 650
Appearances
67
-10.9 vs Commons average
Rank 314 of 650
43
-95.3 vs Commons average
Rank 523 of 650
Contributions
165
+26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 159 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£2,034,454
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,908,598
all imported IPSA years
£227,917
1 % above 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

Devolution / Local Government
51 of 66 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
51 of 69 votes
#2
Work / Employment
73 of 77 votes
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Brexit / EU
144 of 211 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
Energy
47 of 70 votes
#5
Housing
61 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
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
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: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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
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