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James Cartlidge vs Ed Miliband

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


Voting alignment

James Cartlidge and Ed Miliband voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,179 shared comparable votes.

70 same votes 1,109 different votes 1,179 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
67 Aye 103 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 170 shared votes
107 Aye 63 No
4 Aye 9 No
Digital / Online Safety 8% aligned 13 shared votes
10 Aye 3 No
16 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 No
12 Aye 21 No
Benefits 6% aligned 33 shared votes
19 Aye 14 No
7 Aye 27 No
Education 6% aligned 34 shared votes
29 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 27 No
Trade 0% aligned 58 shared votes
27 Aye 31 No
25 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 47 shared votes
22 Aye 25 No
20 Aye 23 No
Transport 0% aligned 43 shared votes
23 Aye 20 No
18 Aye 18 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 36 shared votes
18 Aye 18 No
14 Aye 20 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 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
55.0%
18% below average
Rank 607 of 649
2,052
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,307
2,376 eligible divisions
982
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
724
55.4% of votes cast
1,070
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
583
44.6% of votes cast
14
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 649
Appearances
54
-28.3 vs Commons average
Rank 419 of 649
154
+10.5 vs Commons average
Rank 193 of 649
Contributions
633
+489.5 vs Commons average
Rank 10 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
£2,453,042
all imported IPSA years
£280,834
24% above average
Latest expenses
£221,136
2% below average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 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
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
73 of 77 votes
#2
Migration
129 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#4
NHS / Health
38 of 56 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#5
Trade
60 of 91 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