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James Cartlidge vs Ian Lavery

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


Voting alignment

James Cartlidge and Ian Lavery voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,592 shared comparable votes.

66 same votes 1,526 different votes 1,592 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
65 Aye 107 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 172 shared votes
111 Aye 61 No
17 Aye 28 No
Benefits 7% aligned 45 shared votes
25 Aye 20 No
18 Aye 23 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 41 shared votes
25 Aye 16 No
17 Aye 12 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
73 Aye 73 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 146 shared votes
72 Aye 74 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 34 No
Transport 0% aligned 69 shared votes
34 Aye 35 No
34 Aye 30 No
Trade 0% aligned 64 shared votes
30 Aye 34 No
31 Aye 33 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 64 shared votes
33 Aye 31 No
19 Aye 36 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 55 shared votes
36 Aye 19 No
25 Aye 26 No
Defence 0% aligned 51 shared votes
26 Aye 25 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
76.3%
4% above average
Rank 278 of 649
2,052
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,813
2,376 eligible divisions
982
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,004
55.4% of votes cast
1,070
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
809
44.6% of votes cast
14
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
23
1.3% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 361 of 649
Appearances
86
+2.3 vs Commons average
Rank 235 of 649
155
+9.1 vs Commons average
Rank 196 of 649
Contributions
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 307 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
£3,105,352
all imported IPSA years
£280,834
24% above average
Latest expenses
£309,158
37% 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
Defence
66 of 71 votes
Work / Employment
73 of 77 votes
#2
Housing
62 of 67 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
NHS / Health
50 of 56 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#4
Work / Employment
68 of 77 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#5
Migration
149 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

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