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James Cartlidge vs Emma Lewell

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
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Photograph of Emma Lewell
Emma Lewell
Lab South Shields

Voting alignment

James Cartlidge and Emma Lewell voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,484 shared comparable votes.

76 same votes 1,408 different votes 1,484 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 96 No
Brexit / EU 10% aligned 163 shared votes
102 Aye 61 No
15 Aye 23 No
Benefits 8% aligned 38 shared votes
20 Aye 18 No
20 Aye 40 No
Foreign Affairs 5% aligned 60 shared votes
43 Aye 17 No
58 Aye 63 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 121 shared votes
65 Aye 56 No
20 Aye 25 No
Energy 4% aligned 45 shared votes
27 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 32 No
Trade 0% aligned 69 shared votes
32 Aye 37 No
36 Aye 32 No
Transport 0% aligned 68 shared votes
32 Aye 36 No
31 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 59 shared votes
28 Aye 31 No
20 Aye 26 No
Housing 0% aligned 46 shared votes
26 Aye 20 No
17 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 38 shared votes
21 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
71.0%
2% below average
Rank 408 of 649
2,052
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,686
2,376 eligible divisions
982
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
936
55.5% of votes cast
1,070
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
750
44.5% of votes cast
14
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
36
2.1% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
13 years, 4 months
Since 2 May 2013

Debates

61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 649
Appearances
73
-9.3 vs Commons average
Rank 295 of 649
154
+10.5 vs Commons average
Rank 193 of 649
Contributions
75
-68.5 vs Commons average
Rank 420 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
£2,461,712
all imported IPSA years
£280,834
24% above average
Latest expenses
£300,553
33% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
10
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
64 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
73 of 77 votes
#2
Transport
81 of 95 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#4
Trade
77 of 91 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#5
Education
78 of 96 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
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
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Motion to sit in private 17 May 2024
Tax
No
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