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James Cartlidge vs Greg Smith

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


Voting alignment

James Cartlidge and Greg Smith voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 1,333 shared comparable votes.

1,313 same votes 20 different votes 1,333 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
64 Aye 113 No
Tax 100% aligned 177 shared votes
64 Aye 113 No
34 Aye 29 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 63 shared votes
34 Aye 29 No
27 Aye 34 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 61 shared votes
27 Aye 34 No
22 Aye 38 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 60 shared votes
22 Aye 38 No
24 Aye 25 No
Benefits 100% aligned 49 shared votes
24 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 97% aligned 37 shared votes
20 Aye 17 No
98 Aye 42 No
Migration 98% aligned 140 shared votes
101 Aye 39 No
35 Aye 16 No
Transport 98% aligned 51 shared votes
34 Aye 17 No
75 Aye 77 No
Crime / Justice 99% aligned 152 shared votes
76 Aye 76 No
64 Aye 113 No
Tax 100% aligned 177 shared votes
64 Aye 113 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 61 of 650
Participation
88.7%
16% above average
Rank 31 of 650
2,074
2,401 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,493
1,683 eligible divisions
996
48.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
731
49.0% of votes cast
1,078
52.0% of votes cast
No votes
762
51.0% of votes cast
14
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
21
1.4% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

66
-21.8 vs Commons average
Rank 362 of 650
Appearances
224
+136.2 vs Commons average
Rank 15 of 650
161
+7.9 vs Commons average
Rank 199 of 650
Contributions
280
+126.9 vs Commons average
Rank 83 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,908,598
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,059,267
all imported IPSA years
£280,834
24% above average
Latest expenses
£286,530
27% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
11
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
63 of 63 votes
Foreign Affairs
77 of 81 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
62 of 62 votes
Work / Employment
76 of 80 votes
#3
Trade
55 of 56 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 49 votes
#4
Migration
149 of 154 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
43 of 45 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye rebel
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API