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Dr Zubir Ahmed vs James Cartlidge

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


Voting alignment

Dr Zubir Ahmed and James Cartlidge voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 317 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 312 different votes 317 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 7 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
2 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
4 Aye 3 No
15 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 33 shared votes
17 Aye 16 No
40 Aye 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 63 shared votes
23 Aye 40 No
22 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
8 Aye 22 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 23 No
Tax 0% aligned 63 shared votes
23 Aye 40 No
22 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
8 Aye 22 No
21 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
5 Aye 21 No
18 Aye 5 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
5 Aye 18 No
13 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 19 shared votes
6 Aye 13 No

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

Voting record

73.7%
1% above average
Rank 338 of 649
Participation
86.4%
14% above average
Rank 67 of 649
435
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,052
2,376 eligible divisions
227
52.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
982
47.9% of votes cast
208
47.8% of votes cast
No votes
1,070
52.1% of votes cast
14
3.2% 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

72
-11.7 vs Commons average
Rank 306 of 649
Appearances
62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 361 of 649
154
+8.1 vs Commons average
Rank 201 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

£243,911
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,908,598
all imported IPSA years
£243,911
8% above average
Latest expenses
£280,834
24% above average
4
3 registered categories
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

Migration
12 of 13 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#2
Work / Employment
73 of 77 votes
Benefits
27 of 30 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
Energy
17 of 20 votes
#5
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API