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James Cartlidge vs Dame Meg Hillier

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 Dame Meg Hillier
Dame Meg Hillier
Lab Hackney South and Shoreditch

Voting alignment

James Cartlidge and Dame Meg Hillier voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,531 shared comparable votes.

64 same votes 1,467 different votes 1,531 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
20 Aye 25 No
Energy 7% aligned 45 shared votes
28 Aye 17 No
76 Aye 113 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 189 shared votes
114 Aye 75 No
16 Aye 29 No
Benefits 4% aligned 45 shared votes
27 Aye 18 No
15 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
17 Aye 47 No
Education 3% aligned 64 shared votes
49 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 29 No
Trade 0% aligned 61 shared votes
29 Aye 32 No
32 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 60 shared votes
28 Aye 32 No
20 Aye 38 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 58 shared votes
38 Aye 20 No
26 Aye 23 No
Housing 0% aligned 49 shared votes
23 Aye 26 No
21 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 42 shared votes
21 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
73.4%
1% above average
Rank 346 of 649
2,052
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,745
2,376 eligible divisions
982
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
985
56.4% of votes cast
1,070
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
760
43.6% of votes cast
14
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.2% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
21 years, 5 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 361 of 649
Appearances
137
+53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 87 of 649
155
+9.1 vs Commons average
Rank 196 of 649
Contributions
222
+76.1 vs Commons average
Rank 117 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
£2,571,517
all imported IPSA years
£280,834
24% above average
Latest expenses
£274,096
21% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
9
2 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
Brexit / EU
190 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
73 of 77 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Education
82 of 96 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#4
NHS / Health
47 of 56 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#5
Benefits
66 of 81 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
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
Where they voted the same
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
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
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes Order 2023 4 Dec 2023
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Adjournment (Summer, Conference and Christmas Recess) 12 Jul 2023
Aye
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