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James Cartlidge vs Darren Paffey

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


Voting alignment

James Cartlidge and Darren Paffey voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 351 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 343 different votes 351 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
6 Aye 8 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
23 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 44 shared votes
20 Aye 24 No
37 Aye 59 No
Tax 0% aligned 96 shared votes
59 Aye 37 No
11 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 59 No
Tax 0% aligned 96 shared votes
59 Aye 37 No
11 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
12 Aye 8 No
Transport 0% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 11 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
11 Aye 8 No
8 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

86.3%
14% above average
Rank 65 of 650
Participation
76.4%
4% above average
Rank 276 of 650
2,086
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
482
631 eligible divisions
998
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
222
46.1% of votes cast
1,088
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
260
53.9% of votes cast
14
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
13
2.7% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

64
-30.4 vs Commons average
Rank 402 of 650
Appearances
79
-15.4 vs Commons average
Rank 317 of 650
159
-5.5 vs Commons average
Rank 223 of 650
Contributions
91
-73.5 vs Commons average
Rank 406 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
£200,934
all imported IPSA years
£280,834
24% above average
Latest expenses
£200,934
11% below average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
211 of 212 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
78 of 82 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Work / Employment
76 of 80 votes
#3
Migration
12 of 13 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 49 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#5
Benefits
27 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API