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James Cartlidge vs Catherine Atkinson

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 Catherine Atkinson
Catherine Atkinson
Lab Derby North

Voting alignment

James Cartlidge and Catherine Atkinson voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 348 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 343 different votes 348 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
6 Aye 9 No
Benefits 13% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
13 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 38 shared votes
23 Aye 15 No
31 Aye 49 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
49 Aye 31 No
8 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
29 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 49 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
49 Aye 31 No
8 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
29 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 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
79.3 %
7 % above average
Rank 215 of 649
2,040
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
456
575 eligible divisions
974
47.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
239
52.4 % of votes cast
1,066
52.3 % of votes cast
No votes
217
47.6 % of votes cast
12
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
13
2.9 % of votes cast
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

67
-10.9 vs Commons average
Rank 314 of 650
Appearances
89
+11.1 vs Commons average
Rank 192 of 650
165
+26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 159 of 650
Contributions
181
+42.7 vs Commons average
Rank 144 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
£207,563
all imported IPSA years
£280,834
24 % above average
Latest expenses
£207,563
8 % below average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
4 of 4 votes
Work / Employment
73 of 77 votes
#2
Work / Employment
38 of 39 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#4
Housing
27 of 31 votes
Housing
61 of 66 votes
#5
Education
43 of 50 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
Aye
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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