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James Cartlidge vs Alex Baker

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

Photograph of James Cartlidge
James Cartlidge
Con South Suffolk
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Photograph of Alex Baker
Alex Baker
Lab Aldershot

Voting alignment

James Cartlidge and Alex Baker voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 349 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 345 different votes 349 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
4 Aye 7 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
29 Aye 48 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
48 Aye 29 No
19 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 42 shared votes
23 Aye 19 No
8 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 48 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
48 Aye 29 No
19 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 0% aligned 42 shared votes
23 Aye 19 No
8 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
22 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
19 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

86.4%
14% above average
Rank 64 of 650
Participation
75.0%
3% above average
Rank 308 of 650
2,077
2,405 eligible divisions
Total votes
464
619 eligible divisions
996
48.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
243
52.4% of votes cast
1,081
52.0% of votes cast
No votes
221
47.6% of votes cast
14
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
13
2.8% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

68
-20.8 vs Commons average
Rank 355 of 650
Appearances
79
-9.8 vs Commons average
Rank 300 of 650
164
+9.4 vs Commons average
Rank 192 of 650
Contributions
107
-47.6 vs Commons average
Rank 339 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,908,598
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£175,028
all imported IPSA years
£280,834
24% above average
Latest expenses
£175,028
23% below average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
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

Brexit / EU
211 of 212 votes
#1
Housing
31 of 32 votes
Foreign Affairs
78 of 82 votes
#2
Education
44 of 50 votes
Work / Employment
76 of 80 votes
#3
Energy
17 of 20 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 49 votes
#4
Benefits
25 of 30 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
20 of 24 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API