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James Cartlidge vs Emily Thornberry

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


Voting alignment

James Cartlidge and Emily Thornberry voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,323 shared comparable votes.

56 same votes 1,267 different votes 1,323 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
62 Aye 104 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 166 shared votes
109 Aye 57 No
11 Aye 10 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 21 shared votes
9 Aye 12 No
15 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 29 shared votes
15 Aye 14 No
64 Aye 53 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 117 shared votes
53 Aye 64 No
87 Aye 34 No
Migration 2% aligned 121 shared votes
31 Aye 90 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 22 No
Transport 0% aligned 55 shared votes
22 Aye 33 No
21 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 51 shared votes
30 Aye 21 No
18 Aye 28 No
Housing 0% aligned 46 shared votes
28 Aye 18 No
14 Aye 31 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 45 shared votes
31 Aye 14 No
17 Aye 22 No
Energy 0% aligned 39 shared votes
22 Aye 17 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
61.8%
11% below average
Rank 559 of 649
2,052
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,469
2,376 eligible divisions
982
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
815
55.5% of votes cast
1,070
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
654
44.5% of votes cast
14
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% 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
80
-3.7 vs Commons average
Rank 272 of 649
155
+9.1 vs Commons average
Rank 196 of 649
Contributions
131
-14.9 vs Commons average
Rank 237 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
£2,941,443
all imported IPSA years
£280,834
24% above average
Latest expenses
£294,489
30% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 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
167 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
73 of 77 votes
#2
Migration
124 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Housing
48 of 67 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
49 of 69 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#5
Work / Employment
53 of 77 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API