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James Cartlidge vs Blair McDougall

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
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Photograph of Blair McDougall
Blair McDougall
Lab East Renfrewshire

Voting alignment

James Cartlidge and Blair McDougall voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 344 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 338 different votes 344 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
4 Aye 7 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
22 Aye 20 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 42 shared votes
18 Aye 24 No
30 Aye 54 No
Tax 1% aligned 84 shared votes
53 Aye 31 No
8 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
28 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
28 Aye 8 No
6 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
17 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 22 shared votes
17 Aye 5 No
10 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 11 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 16 shared votes
11 Aye 5 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

86.3%
14% above average
Rank 65 of 650
Participation
72.9%
1% above average
Rank 358 of 650
2,086
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
460
631 eligible divisions
998
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
233
50.7% of votes cast
1,088
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
227
49.3% of votes cast
14
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
14
3.0% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

64
-30.6 vs Commons average
Rank 401 of 650
Appearances
70
-24.6 vs Commons average
Rank 369 of 650
159
-5.8 vs Commons average
Rank 223 of 650
Contributions
345
+180.2 vs Commons average
Rank 53 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
£186,207
all imported IPSA years
£280,834
24% above average
Latest expenses
£186,207
18% below average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
7
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
211 of 212 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
78 of 82 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Work / Employment
76 of 80 votes
#3
Work / Employment
37 of 42 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 49 votes
#4
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#5
Transport
26 of 32 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Railways Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion) 4 Nov 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 8 4 Nov 2026
No
Aye
Sporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: Amendment 6 4 Nov 2026
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No.7: Increase in rate of banking surcharge for temporary period 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Motion to sit in private 4 Sept 2026
Tax
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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