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James Cartlidge vs Liam Byrne

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


Voting alignment

James Cartlidge and Liam Byrne voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,401 shared comparable votes.

63 same votes 1,338 different votes 1,401 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
66 Aye 108 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 174 shared votes
112 Aye 62 No
15 Aye 20 No
Benefits 6% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 22 No
Energy 5% aligned 41 shared votes
24 Aye 17 No
12 Aye 33 No
Education 4% aligned 45 shared votes
35 Aye 10 No
10 Aye 17 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 25 No
Transport 0% aligned 60 shared votes
25 Aye 35 No
28 Aye 31 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 59 shared votes
31 Aye 28 No
17 Aye 39 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 56 shared votes
39 Aye 17 No
20 Aye 19 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 39 shared votes
19 Aye 20 No
17 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 38 shared votes
21 Aye 17 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
65.8%
7% below average
Rank 504 of 649
2,052
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,563
2,376 eligible divisions
982
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
867
55.5% of votes cast
1,070
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
696
44.5% of votes cast
14
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
7
0.4% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
22 years, 2 months
Since 15 Jul 2004

Debates

61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 649
Appearances
45
-37.3 vs Commons average
Rank 475 of 649
154
+10.5 vs Commons average
Rank 193 of 649
Contributions
62
-81.5 vs Commons average
Rank 467 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
£3,073,714
all imported IPSA years
£280,834
24% above average
Latest expenses
£280,258
24% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
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
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Work / Employment
73 of 77 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#4
Work / Employment
62 of 77 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#5
Migration
133 of 171 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