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James Cartlidge vs Alistair Strathern

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 Alistair Strathern
Alistair Strathern
Lab Hitchin

Voting alignment

James Cartlidge and Alistair Strathern voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 452 shared comparable votes.

18 same votes 434 different votes 452 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 1 No
NHS / Health 17% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 9 No
Benefits 13% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
3 Aye 5 No
Environment / Climate 13% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
7 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
2 Aye 8 No
21 Aye 10 No
Migration 10% aligned 31 shared votes
7 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 65 No
Tax 0% aligned 102 shared votes
65 Aye 37 No
12 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
25 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 22 No
Housing 0% aligned 30 shared votes
22 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 15 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 No
13 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 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
79.3%
7% above average
Rank 217 of 649
2,052
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
602
759 eligible divisions
982
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
308
51.2% of votes cast
1,070
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
294
48.8% of votes cast
14
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 11 months
Since 19 Oct 2023

Debates

62
-21.6 vs Commons average
Rank 361 of 650
Appearances
66
-17.6 vs Commons average
Rank 342 of 650
155
+9.3 vs Commons average
Rank 196 of 650
Contributions
75
-70.7 vs Commons average
Rank 427 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
£379,404
all imported IPSA years
£280,834
24% above average
Latest expenses
£295,499
31% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 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
Benefits
31 of 31 votes
Work / Employment
73 of 77 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
25 of 26 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#5
Energy
24 of 25 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
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
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
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
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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