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James Cartlidge vs Catherine West

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


Voting alignment

James Cartlidge and Catherine West voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,546 shared comparable votes.

72 same votes 1,474 different votes 1,546 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 113 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 185 shared votes
114 Aye 71 No
18 Aye 21 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 39 shared votes
23 Aye 16 No
74 Aye 67 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 141 shared votes
70 Aye 71 No
15 Aye 30 No
Benefits 4% aligned 45 shared votes
28 Aye 17 No
16 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 29 shared votes
12 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 29 No
Trade 0% aligned 66 shared votes
29 Aye 37 No
33 Aye 28 No
Transport 0% aligned 61 shared votes
28 Aye 33 No
20 Aye 33 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 53 shared votes
33 Aye 20 No
23 Aye 25 No
Housing 0% aligned 48 shared votes
25 Aye 23 No
27 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 40 shared votes
13 Aye 27 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
73.5%
1% above average
Rank 343 of 649
2,052
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,747
2,376 eligible divisions
982
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
947
54.2% of votes cast
1,070
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
800
45.8% of votes cast
14
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.5% 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
48
-34.3 vs Commons average
Rank 461 of 649
154
+10.5 vs Commons average
Rank 193 of 649
Contributions
59
-84.5 vs Commons average
Rank 476 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
£2,012,777
all imported IPSA years
£280,834
24% above average
Latest expenses
£264,778
17% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Education
86 of 96 votes
Work / Employment
73 of 77 votes
#2
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API