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James Cartlidge vs Kirsty Blackman

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


Voting alignment

James Cartlidge and Kirsty Blackman voted the same way 8% of the time, based on 1,180 shared comparable votes.

93 same votes 1,087 different votes 1,180 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
63 Aye 125 No
Tax 21% aligned 188 shared votes
118 Aye 70 No
16 Aye 20 No
Energy 19% aligned 36 shared votes
19 Aye 17 No
13 Aye 16 No
Defence 14% aligned 29 shared votes
16 Aye 13 No
3 Aye 5 No
NHS / Health 13% aligned 8 shared votes
6 Aye 2 No
11 Aye 23 No
Digital / Online Safety 9% aligned 34 shared votes
20 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 33 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 51 shared votes
33 Aye 18 No
19 Aye 15 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 34 shared votes
15 Aye 19 No
3 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 14 shared votes
11 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 6 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 7 shared votes
6 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 5 No
Housing 0% aligned 7 shared votes
5 Aye 2 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
55.9%
17% below average
Rank 601 of 649
2,052
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,328
2,376 eligible divisions
982
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
757
57.0% of votes cast
1,070
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
571
43.0% of votes cast
14
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

61
-21.1 vs Commons average
Rank 361 of 649
Appearances
89
+6.9 vs Commons average
Rank 214 of 649
154
+11.1 vs Commons average
Rank 188 of 649
Contributions
130
-12.9 vs Commons average
Rank 233 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
£2,143,527
all imported IPSA years
£280,834
24% above average
Latest expenses
£320,448
42% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Brexit / EU
200 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
73 of 77 votes
#2
Trade
80 of 91 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#4
Cost of Living
8 of 10 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#5
Migration
135 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API