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James Cartlidge vs Andy McDonald

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


Voting alignment

James Cartlidge and Andy McDonald voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,563 shared comparable votes.

79 same votes 1,484 different votes 1,563 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
73 Aye 108 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 181 shared votes
112 Aye 69 No
76 Aye 75 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 151 shared votes
79 Aye 72 No
17 Aye 29 No
Benefits 7% aligned 46 shared votes
26 Aye 20 No
13 Aye 22 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 35 shared votes
24 Aye 11 No
7 Aye 22 No
Digital / Online Safety 3% aligned 29 shared votes
23 Aye 6 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 33 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 67 shared votes
33 Aye 34 No
31 Aye 30 No
Trade 0% aligned 61 shared votes
30 Aye 31 No
24 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 49 shared votes
25 Aye 24 No
27 Aye 21 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 48 shared votes
21 Aye 27 No
17 Aye 24 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 41 shared votes
24 Aye 17 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
75.5%
3% above average
Rank 298 of 649
2,052
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,794
2,376 eligible divisions
982
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
996
55.5% of votes cast
1,070
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
798
44.5% of votes cast
14
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.3% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
13 years, 9 months
Since 29 Nov 2012

Debates

61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 649
Appearances
89
+6.7 vs Commons average
Rank 216 of 649
154
+10.5 vs Commons average
Rank 193 of 649
Contributions
118
-25.5 vs Commons average
Rank 275 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
£2,505,391
all imported IPSA years
£280,834
24% above average
Latest expenses
£296,890
31% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
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
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
Work / Employment
73 of 77 votes
#2
Defence
65 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#5
Transport
81 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API