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James Cartlidge vs Apsana Begum

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


Voting alignment

James Cartlidge and Apsana Begum voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 976 shared comparable votes.

42 same votes 934 different votes 976 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
2 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 13% aligned 8 shared votes
5 Aye 3 No
61 Aye 54 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 115 shared votes
56 Aye 59 No
15 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 30 shared votes
17 Aye 13 No
9 Aye 24 No
Housing 6% aligned 33 shared votes
24 Aye 9 No
18 Aye 22 No
Benefits 5% aligned 40 shared votes
20 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 52 shared votes
24 Aye 28 No
21 Aye 18 No
Defence 0% aligned 39 shared votes
18 Aye 21 No
18 Aye 17 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 35 shared votes
17 Aye 18 No
9 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
20 Aye 10 No
Trade 0% aligned 30 shared votes
10 Aye 20 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
69.5%
3% below average
Rank 441 of 649
2,052
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,152
1,658 eligible divisions
982
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
600
52.1% of votes cast
1,070
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
552
47.9% of votes cast
14
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
24
2.1% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

62
-21.6 vs Commons average
Rank 361 of 650
Appearances
86
+2.4 vs Commons average
Rank 233 of 650
155
+9.3 vs Commons average
Rank 196 of 650
Contributions
95
-50.7 vs Commons average
Rank 359 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
£1,215,832
all imported IPSA years
£280,834
24% above average
Latest expenses
£255,110
13% above 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
210 of 211 votes
#1
Benefits
57 of 68 votes
Work / Employment
73 of 77 votes
#2
Work / Employment
56 of 67 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
52 of 63 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
36 of 44 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API