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James Cartlidge vs Cat Smith

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
vs
Photograph of Cat Smith
Cat Smith
Lab Lancaster and Wyre

Voting alignment

James Cartlidge and Cat Smith voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,510 shared comparable votes.

75 same votes 1,435 different votes 1,510 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
72 Aye 105 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 177 shared votes
109 Aye 68 No
19 Aye 28 No
Benefits 6% aligned 47 shared votes
25 Aye 22 No
18 Aye 23 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 41 shared votes
25 Aye 16 No
77 Aye 70 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 147 shared votes
69 Aye 78 No
21 Aye 39 No
Education 3% aligned 60 shared votes
41 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 38 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 59 shared votes
38 Aye 21 No
27 Aye 31 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 58 shared votes
31 Aye 27 No
28 Aye 22 No
Trade 0% aligned 50 shared votes
22 Aye 28 No
19 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 43 shared votes
24 Aye 19 No
24 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 41 shared votes
17 Aye 24 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
72.5%
same as average
Rank 367 of 649
2,052
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,723
2,376 eligible divisions
982
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
931
54.0% of votes cast
1,070
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
792
46.0% of votes cast
14
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 649
Appearances
19
-63.3 vs Commons average
Rank 597 of 649
154
+10.5 vs Commons average
Rank 193 of 649
Contributions
25
-118.5 vs Commons average
Rank 591 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
£2,077,786
all imported IPSA years
£280,834
24% above average
Latest expenses
£260,697
15% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
73 of 77 votes
#2
NHS / Health
48 of 56 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Migration
145 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
178 of 211 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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