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James Cartlidge vs Jim Allister

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


Voting alignment

James Cartlidge and Jim Allister voted the same way 92% of the time, based on 287 shared comparable votes.

265 same votes 22 different votes 287 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
9 Aye 10 No
Defence 100% aligned 19 shared votes
9 Aye 10 No
3 Aye 9 No
Devolution / Local Government 100% aligned 12 shared votes
3 Aye 9 No
1 Aye 7 No
Energy 100% aligned 8 shared votes
1 Aye 7 No
2 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 100% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
5 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 1 No
Democracy / Parliament 50% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 9 No
Housing 73% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 7 No
Benefits 82% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
18 Aye 19 No
Crime / Justice 92% aligned 37 shared votes
15 Aye 22 No
4 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 96% aligned 24 shared votes
5 Aye 19 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

86.6 %
13 % above average
Rank 78 of 648
Participation
72.2 %
1 % below average
Rank 380 of 648
2,002
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
380
526 eligible divisions
953
47.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
185
48.7 % of votes cast
1,049
52.4 % of votes cast
No votes
195
51.3 % of votes cast
12
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
11 years, 0 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

59
-0.9 vs Commons average
Rank 230 of 648
Appearances
149
+89.1 vs Commons average
Rank 19 of 648
107
-0.9 vs Commons average
Rank 206 of 648
Contributions
180
+72.1 vs Commons average
Rank 87 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£1,908,598
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£209,116
all imported IPSA years
£280,834
24 % above average
Latest expenses
£209,116
8 % below average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
22 of 22 votes
Work / Employment
71 of 75 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Trade
4 of 4 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 45 votes
#4
Migration
10 of 11 votes
Housing
61 of 66 votes
#5
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API