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James Cartlidge vs Gareth Thomas

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


Voting alignment

James Cartlidge and Gareth Thomas voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,412 shared comparable votes.

74 same votes 1,338 different votes 1,412 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 112 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 179 shared votes
116 Aye 63 No
15 Aye 20 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 35 shared votes
22 Aye 13 No
67 Aye 60 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 127 shared votes
63 Aye 64 No
17 Aye 22 No
Benefits 5% aligned 39 shared votes
20 Aye 19 No
14 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 29 No
Trade 0% aligned 60 shared votes
29 Aye 31 No
34 Aye 26 No
Transport 0% aligned 60 shared votes
26 Aye 34 No
26 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 51 shared votes
25 Aye 26 No
18 Aye 29 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 47 shared votes
29 Aye 18 No
21 Aye 19 No
Defence 0% aligned 40 shared votes
19 Aye 21 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
66.5%
6% below average
Rank 491 of 649
2,052
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
982
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
897
56.7% of votes cast
1,070
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
684
43.3% 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
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 649
Appearances
43
-39.3 vs Commons average
Rank 488 of 649
154
+10.5 vs Commons average
Rank 193 of 649
Contributions
48
-95.5 vs Commons average
Rank 514 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
£2,854,227
all imported IPSA years
£280,834
24% above average
Latest expenses
£293,113
30% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
14
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
180 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
73 of 77 votes
#2
Defence
59 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Migration
138 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#4
Transport
70 of 95 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#5
Trade
67 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API