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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
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Photograph of Catherine Atkinson
Catherine Atkinson
Lab Derby North

Voting alignment

James Cartlidge and Catherine Atkinson voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 379 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 373 different votes 379 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
15 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 41 shared votes
24 Aye 17 No
31 Aye 50 No
Tax 1% aligned 81 shared votes
49 Aye 32 No
8 Aye 32 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
32 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 32 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
32 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 23 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
5 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 20 shared votes
15 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 63 of 650
Participation
79.5%
7% above average
Rank 206 of 650
2,077
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
493
620 eligible divisions
996
48.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
249
50.5% of votes cast
1,081
52.0% of votes cast
No votes
244
49.5% of votes cast
14
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
15
3.0% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

66
-27.0 vs Commons average
Rank 389 of 650
Appearances
104
+11.0 vs Commons average
Rank 197 of 650
162
0.0 vs Commons average
Rank 214 of 650
Contributions
193
+31.0 vs Commons average
Rank 170 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
211 of 212 votes
#1
Work / Employment
41 of 42 votes
Foreign Affairs
78 of 82 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
Work / Employment
76 of 80 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
16 of 17 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 49 votes
#4
Trade
9 of 10 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#5
Housing
28 of 32 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 23 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Where they voted the same
No
Motion to sit in private 4 Sept 2026
Tax
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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