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James Cartlidge vs Jeff Smith

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


Voting alignment

James Cartlidge and Jeff Smith voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,341 shared comparable votes.

72 same votes 1,269 different votes 1,341 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
37 Aye 74 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 111 shared votes
77 Aye 34 No
16 Aye 19 No
Benefits 6% aligned 35 shared votes
17 Aye 18 No
20 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 35 shared votes
17 Aye 18 No
61 Aye 65 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 126 shared votes
66 Aye 60 No
21 Aye 19 No
Energy 5% aligned 40 shared votes
21 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 59 shared votes
28 Aye 31 No
20 Aye 29 No
Housing 0% aligned 49 shared votes
29 Aye 20 No
13 Aye 31 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 44 shared votes
31 Aye 13 No
19 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 42 shared votes
23 Aye 19 No
25 Aye 13 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 38 shared votes
13 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
79.6%
7% above average
Rank 208 of 649
2,052
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,891
2,376 eligible divisions
982
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,028
54.4% of votes cast
1,070
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
863
45.6% of votes cast
14
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
8
0.4% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 649
Appearances
55
-27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 414 of 649
154
+10.5 vs Commons average
Rank 193 of 649
Contributions
71
-72.5 vs Commons average
Rank 436 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
£2,112,426
all imported IPSA years
£280,834
24% above average
Latest expenses
£284,126
26% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
2 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
62 of 67 votes
Work / Employment
73 of 77 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
43 of 47 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
NHS / Health
51 of 56 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes

Recent voting overlap

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