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James Cartlidge vs Dan Carden

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 Dan Carden
Dan Carden
Lab Liverpool Walton

Voting alignment

James Cartlidge and Dan Carden voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,273 shared comparable votes.

54 same votes 1,219 different votes 1,273 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
65 Aye 96 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 161 shared votes
97 Aye 64 No
68 Aye 25 No
Migration 5% aligned 93 shared votes
22 Aye 71 No
18 Aye 22 No
Benefits 5% aligned 40 shared votes
20 Aye 20 No
14 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
62 Aye 51 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 113 shared votes
51 Aye 62 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 29 No
Trade 0% aligned 62 shared votes
29 Aye 33 No
20 Aye 38 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 58 shared votes
38 Aye 20 No
23 Aye 21 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 44 shared votes
21 Aye 23 No
15 Aye 21 No
Energy 0% aligned 36 shared votes
21 Aye 15 No
10 Aye 23 No
Digital / Online Safety 0% aligned 33 shared votes
23 Aye 10 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
68.8%
4% below average
Rank 450 of 649
2,052
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,460
2,121 eligible divisions
982
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
808
55.3% of votes cast
1,070
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
652
44.7% of votes cast
14
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
10
0.7% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 361 of 649
Appearances
26
-57.7 vs Commons average
Rank 574 of 649
155
+9.1 vs Commons average
Rank 196 of 649
Contributions
37
-108.9 vs Commons average
Rank 560 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
£1,875,223
all imported IPSA years
£280,834
24% above average
Latest expenses
£298,675
32% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
16
5 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
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
73 of 77 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
162 of 188 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
41 of 49 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#4
Devolution / Local Government
52 of 63 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#5
Trade
70 of 87 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Where they voted the same
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
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
Adjournment (Summer, Conference and Christmas Recess) 12 Jul 2023
Aye
No
Illegal Migration Bill: Committee of the whole House: New Clause 6 27 Mar 2023
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 22 Mar 2023
Aye
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