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James Cartlidge vs Barry Gardiner

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


Voting alignment

James Cartlidge and Barry Gardiner voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,412 shared comparable votes.

67 same votes 1,345 different votes 1,412 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
65 Aye 57 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 122 shared votes
62 Aye 60 No
71 Aye 94 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 165 shared votes
98 Aye 67 No
69 Aye 26 No
Migration 4% aligned 95 shared votes
24 Aye 71 No
14 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No
14 Aye 21 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 35 shared votes
22 Aye 13 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 29 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 50 shared votes
29 Aye 21 No
23 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 45 shared votes
22 Aye 23 No
20 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 42 shared votes
22 Aye 20 No
24 Aye 13 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 37 shared votes
13 Aye 24 No
16 Aye 18 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 34 shared votes
18 Aye 16 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
67.4%
5% below average
Rank 473 of 649
2,052
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,601
2,376 eligible divisions
982
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
891
55.7% of votes cast
1,070
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
710
44.3% of votes cast
14
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
18
1.1% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 649
Appearances
58
-24.3 vs Commons average
Rank 387 of 649
154
+10.5 vs Commons average
Rank 193 of 649
Contributions
94
-49.5 vs Commons average
Rank 356 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
£2,795,864
all imported IPSA years
£280,834
24% above average
Latest expenses
£268,850
19% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
13
5 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
Trade
77 of 91 votes
Work / Employment
73 of 77 votes
#2
Transport
78 of 95 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Defence
57 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
166 of 211 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
54 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

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