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James Cartlidge vs Chris Elmore

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 Chris Elmore
Chris Elmore
Lab Bridgend

Voting alignment

James Cartlidge and Chris Elmore voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,557 shared comparable votes.

87 same votes 1,470 different votes 1,557 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
67 Aye 106 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 173 shared votes
110 Aye 63 No
75 Aye 62 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 137 shared votes
64 Aye 73 No
16 Aye 20 No
Energy 6% aligned 36 shared votes
22 Aye 14 No
14 Aye 23 No
Benefits 5% aligned 37 shared votes
21 Aye 16 No
20 Aye 19 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 39 shared votes
21 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 29 No
Transport 0% aligned 63 shared votes
29 Aye 34 No
31 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 61 shared votes
30 Aye 31 No
20 Aye 33 No
Housing 0% aligned 53 shared votes
33 Aye 20 No
15 Aye 34 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 49 shared votes
34 Aye 15 No
21 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 46 shared votes
25 Aye 21 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
77.9%
5% above average
Rank 247 of 649
2,052
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,812
2,325 eligible divisions
982
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
995
54.9% of votes cast
1,070
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
817
45.1% of votes cast
14
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
10 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2016

Debates

61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 649
Appearances
39
-43.3 vs Commons average
Rank 507 of 649
154
+10.5 vs Commons average
Rank 193 of 649
Contributions
232
+88.5 vs Commons average
Rank 98 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
£2,290,713
all imported IPSA years
£280,834
24% above average
Latest expenses
£343,439
52% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
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
Housing
58 of 62 votes
Work / Employment
73 of 77 votes
#2
Migration
151 of 165 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Defence
64 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#5
NHS / Health
48 of 55 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
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
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
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
Aye
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
No
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
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