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James Cartlidge vs Jake Richards

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


Voting alignment

James Cartlidge and Jake Richards voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 298 shared comparable votes.

12 same votes 286 different votes 298 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
4 Aye 6 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
5 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
21 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 43 shared votes
21 Aye 22 No
21 Aye 43 No
Tax 0% aligned 64 shared votes
43 Aye 21 No
11 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 43 No
Tax 0% aligned 64 shared votes
43 Aye 21 No
11 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 28 shared votes
17 Aye 11 No
9 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 18 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
11 Aye 9 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
72.4%
same as average
Rank 371 of 649
2,052
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
427
590 eligible divisions
982
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
220
51.5% of votes cast
1,070
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
207
48.5% of votes cast
14
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

62
-21.6 vs Commons average
Rank 361 of 650
Appearances
68
-15.6 vs Commons average
Rank 327 of 650
155
+9.3 vs Commons average
Rank 196 of 650
Contributions
229
+83.3 vs Commons average
Rank 106 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
£187,382
all imported IPSA years
£280,834
24% above average
Latest expenses
£187,382
17% below average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Work / Employment
73 of 77 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#4
Defence
31 of 34 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#5
Education
44 of 50 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