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James Cartlidge vs Bob Blackman

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


Voting alignment

James Cartlidge and Bob Blackman voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 1,958 shared comparable votes.

1,906 same votes 52 different votes 1,958 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
94 Aye 168 No
Tax 100% aligned 262 shared votes
94 Aye 168 No
43 Aye 39 No
Transport 100% aligned 82 shared votes
43 Aye 39 No
27 Aye 45 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 72 shared votes
27 Aye 45 No
37 Aye 34 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 71 shared votes
37 Aye 34 No
21 Aye 33 No
Benefits 100% aligned 54 shared votes
21 Aye 33 No
Most different by topic
84 Aye 127 No
Brexit / EU 94% aligned 211 shared votes
82 Aye 129 No
41 Aye 43 No
Trade 95% aligned 84 shared votes
39 Aye 45 No
22 Aye 22 No
NHS / Health 95% aligned 44 shared votes
22 Aye 22 No
24 Aye 24 No
Housing 96% aligned 48 shared votes
26 Aye 22 No
24 Aye 50 No
Education 97% aligned 74 shared votes
22 Aye 52 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
87.4%
15% above average
Rank 47 of 650
2,091
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,118
2,422 eligible divisions
1,000
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
992
46.8% of votes cast
1,091
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
1,126
53.2% of votes cast
14
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
54
2.5% of votes cast
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 6 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

64
-31.6 vs Commons average
Rank 404 of 650
Appearances
161
+65.4 vs Commons average
Rank 81 of 650
154
-12.4 vs Commons average
Rank 236 of 650
Contributions
190
+23.6 vs Commons average
Rank 184 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
£3,032,116
all imported IPSA years
£280,834
24% above average
Latest expenses
£312,612
38% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
9
6 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
Brexit / EU
212 of 212 votes
Foreign Affairs
78 of 82 votes
#2
Trade
90 of 94 votes
Work / Employment
76 of 80 votes
#3
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 49 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
76 of 82 votes
Housing
63 of 68 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
45 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye rebel
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Aye
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API