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James Cartlidge vs Lee Anderson

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

Photograph of James Cartlidge
James Cartlidge
Con South Suffolk
vs
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Lee Anderson
RUK Ashfield

Voting alignment

James Cartlidge and Lee Anderson voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,084 shared comparable votes.

1,065 same votes 19 different votes 1,084 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
43 Aye 101 No
Tax 100% aligned 144 shared votes
43 Aye 101 No
30 Aye 29 No
Brexit / EU 100% aligned 59 shared votes
30 Aye 29 No
18 Aye 31 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 49 shared votes
18 Aye 31 No
23 Aye 22 No
Trade 100% aligned 45 shared votes
23 Aye 22 No
20 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 44 shared votes
20 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
10 Aye 16 No
Housing 96% aligned 26 shared votes
9 Aye 17 No
21 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 97% aligned 37 shared votes
20 Aye 17 No
83 Aye 41 No
Migration 98% aligned 124 shared votes
86 Aye 38 No
30 Aye 14 No
Transport 98% aligned 44 shared votes
31 Aye 13 No
68 Aye 46 No
Crime / Justice 98% aligned 114 shared votes
70 Aye 44 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
75.3 %
3 % above average
Rank 305 of 649
2,040
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,238
1,643 eligible divisions
974
47.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
620
50.1 % of votes cast
1,066
52.3 % of votes cast
No votes
618
49.9 % of votes cast
12
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
10
0.8 % of votes cast
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

67
-10.9 vs Commons average
Rank 314 of 650
Appearances
56
-21.9 vs Commons average
Rank 383 of 650
165
+26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 159 of 650
Contributions
80
-58.3 vs Commons average
Rank 385 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
£1,149,279
all imported IPSA years
£280,834
24 % above average
Latest expenses
£264,074
17 % above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
10
5 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
Trade
53 of 53 votes
Work / Employment
73 of 77 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#4
NHS / Health
42 of 47 votes
Housing
61 of 66 votes
#5
Migration
134 of 154 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
No
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
Aye
Aye rebel
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
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