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James Cartlidge vs Alison McGovern

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
vs
Photograph of Alison McGovern
Alison McGovern
Lab Birkenhead

Voting alignment

James Cartlidge and Alison McGovern voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,472 shared comparable votes.

65 same votes 1,407 different votes 1,472 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
67 Aye 104 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 171 shared votes
106 Aye 65 No
16 Aye 21 No
Energy 5% aligned 37 shared votes
23 Aye 14 No
11 Aye 29 No
Benefits 5% aligned 40 shared votes
27 Aye 13 No
20 Aye 20 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 40 shared votes
22 Aye 18 No
21 Aye 37 No
Education 3% aligned 58 shared votes
39 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 30 No
Transport 0% aligned 61 shared votes
30 Aye 31 No
20 Aye 37 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 57 shared votes
37 Aye 20 No
20 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 45 shared votes
25 Aye 20 No
20 Aye 21 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 41 shared votes
21 Aye 20 No
28 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
12 Aye 28 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 67 of 649
Participation
70.0%
3% below average
Rank 432 of 649
2,052
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,663
2,376 eligible divisions
982
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
922
55.4% of votes cast
1,070
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
741
44.6% of votes cast
14
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 361 of 649
Appearances
63
-20.7 vs Commons average
Rank 355 of 649
155
+9.1 vs Commons average
Rank 196 of 649
Contributions
430
+284.1 vs Commons average
Rank 29 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,908,598
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,989,850
all imported IPSA years
£280,834
24% above average
Latest expenses
£303,304
34% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
210 of 211 votes
#1
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
Work / Employment
73 of 77 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#4
Migration
145 of 171 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
173 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
No
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