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James Cartlidge vs Dame Chi Onwurah

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


Voting alignment

James Cartlidge and Dame Chi Onwurah voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,598 shared comparable votes.

78 same votes 1,520 different votes 1,598 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
69 Aye 108 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 177 shared votes
110 Aye 67 No
14 Aye 20 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 34 shared votes
22 Aye 12 No
79 Aye 83 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 162 shared votes
86 Aye 76 No
22 Aye 23 No
Energy 4% aligned 45 shared votes
25 Aye 20 No
20 Aye 40 No
Education 3% aligned 60 shared votes
42 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 31 No
Trade 0% aligned 64 shared votes
31 Aye 33 No
22 Aye 41 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 63 shared votes
41 Aye 22 No
34 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 63 shared votes
29 Aye 34 No
33 Aye 29 No
Transport 0% aligned 62 shared votes
29 Aye 33 No
23 Aye 25 No
Housing 0% aligned 48 shared votes
25 Aye 23 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
76.3%
4% above average
Rank 279 of 649
2,052
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,812
2,376 eligible divisions
982
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,005
55.5% of votes cast
1,070
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
807
44.5% of votes cast
14
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
18
1.0% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 649
Appearances
109
+26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 137 of 649
154
+10.5 vs Commons average
Rank 193 of 649
Contributions
158
+14.5 vs Commons average
Rank 183 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
£2,938,496
all imported IPSA years
£280,834
24% above average
Latest expenses
£303,201
34% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
14
5 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
67 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
73 of 77 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#4
Work / Employment
67 of 77 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#5
Defence
61 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API