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James Cartlidge vs Ben Maguire

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


Voting alignment

James Cartlidge and Ben Maguire voted the same way 81% of the time, based on 269 shared comparable votes.

217 same votes 52 different votes 269 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 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
8 Aye 19 No
Education 96% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No
27 Aye 35 No
Tax 94% aligned 62 shared votes
31 Aye 31 No
1 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 93% aligned 15 shared votes
2 Aye 13 No
10 Aye 9 No
Defence 89% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 6 No
Energy 38% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 6 No
Digital / Online Safety 50% aligned 8 shared votes
4 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 8 No
Benefits 55% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
2 Aye 1 No
Trade 67% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 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
60.3%
12% below average
Rank 571 of 649
2,052
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
356
590 eligible divisions
982
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
194
54.5% of votes cast
1,070
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
162
45.5% of votes cast
14
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.3% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

61
-21.2 vs Commons average
Rank 361 of 649
Appearances
98
+15.8 vs Commons average
Rank 176 of 649
154
+10.7 vs Commons average
Rank 189 of 649
Contributions
114
-29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 290 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
£178,125
all imported IPSA years
£280,834
24% above average
Latest expenses
£178,125
21% below average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
6
5 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Work / Employment
73 of 77 votes
#2
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#4
Defence
27 of 34 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API