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James Cartlidge vs David Baines

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


Voting alignment

James Cartlidge and David Baines voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 289 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 283 different votes 289 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
9 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
23 Aye 42 No
Tax 0% aligned 65 shared votes
42 Aye 23 No
9 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 42 No
Tax 0% aligned 65 shared votes
42 Aye 23 No
9 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
12 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 21 shared votes
13 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
7 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 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
66.6%
6% below average
Rank 487 of 649
2,052
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
393
590 eligible divisions
982
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
191
48.6% of votes cast
1,070
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
202
51.4% of votes cast
14
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
15
3.8% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 649
Appearances
26
-56.3 vs Commons average
Rank 571 of 649
154
+10.5 vs Commons average
Rank 193 of 649
Contributions
28
-115.5 vs Commons average
Rank 580 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
£136,662
all imported IPSA years
£280,834
24% above average
Latest expenses
£136,662
40% 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
210 of 211 votes
#1
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Work / Employment
73 of 77 votes
#2
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#4
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#5
Foreign Affairs
3 of 4 votes

Recent voting overlap

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