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James Cartlidge vs Hilary Benn

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


Voting alignment

James Cartlidge and Hilary Benn voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,618 shared comparable votes.

82 same votes 1,536 different votes 1,618 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
74 Aye 108 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 182 shared votes
112 Aye 70 No
15 Aye 23 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 38 shared votes
25 Aye 13 No
19 Aye 23 No
Energy 5% aligned 42 shared votes
25 Aye 17 No
17 Aye 30 No
Benefits 4% aligned 47 shared votes
28 Aye 19 No
17 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 31 shared votes
13 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 32 No
Trade 0% aligned 68 shared votes
32 Aye 36 No
23 Aye 41 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 64 shared votes
41 Aye 23 No
28 Aye 28 No
Transport 0% aligned 56 shared votes
28 Aye 28 No
20 Aye 34 No
Housing 0% aligned 54 shared votes
34 Aye 20 No
27 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 53 shared votes
26 Aye 27 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
77.3%
5% above average
Rank 258 of 649
2,052
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,837
2,376 eligible divisions
982
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,039
56.6% of votes cast
1,070
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.4% 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
27 years, 3 months
Since 10 Jun 1999

Debates

61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 649
Appearances
61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 649
154
+10.5 vs Commons average
Rank 193 of 649
Contributions
461
+317.5 vs Commons average
Rank 25 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
£2,356,656
all imported IPSA years
£280,834
24% above average
Latest expenses
£185,324
18% below average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 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
Foreign Affairs
68 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
73 of 77 votes
#2
Education
89 of 96 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#4
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
183 of 211 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