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James Cartlidge vs Christian Wakeford

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 Christian Wakeford
Christian Wakeford
Lab Bury South

Voting alignment

James Cartlidge and Christian Wakeford voted the same way 38% of the time, based on 1,132 shared comparable votes.

433 same votes 699 different votes 1,132 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
27 Aye 29 No
Brexit / EU 84% aligned 56 shared votes
28 Aye 28 No
20 Aye 14 No
Trade 74% aligned 34 shared votes
19 Aye 15 No
18 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 68% aligned 31 shared votes
12 Aye 19 No
20 Aye 24 No
Benefits 59% aligned 44 shared votes
26 Aye 18 No
20 Aye 18 No
Environment / Climate 55% aligned 38 shared votes
21 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 20 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 29 shared votes
20 Aye 9 No
0 Aye 3 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
23 Aye 34 No
Work / Employment 2% aligned 57 shared votes
33 Aye 24 No
15 Aye 21 No
Devolution / Local Government 3% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 No
13 Aye 27 No
Education 8% aligned 40 shared votes
26 Aye 14 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
86.2%
14% above average
Rank 73 of 649
2,052
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,429
1,658 eligible divisions
982
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
684
47.9% of votes cast
1,070
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
745
52.1% of votes cast
14
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.6% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

62
-21.6 vs Commons average
Rank 361 of 650
Appearances
1
-82.6 vs Commons average
Rank 636 of 650
155
+9.3 vs Commons average
Rank 196 of 650
Contributions
1
-144.7 vs Commons average
Rank 633 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
£1,415,566
all imported IPSA years
£280,834
24% above average
Latest expenses
£335,718
48% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 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
50 of 50 votes
Work / Employment
73 of 77 votes
#2
Defence
69 of 70 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Work / Employment
63 of 67 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
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
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
Motion to sit in private 4 Sept 2026
Tax
No
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
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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