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James Cartlidge vs Lucy Powell

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
Photograph of Lucy Powell
Lucy Powell
Lab Manchester Central

Voting alignment

James Cartlidge and Lucy Powell voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,394 shared comparable votes.

70 same votes 1,324 different votes 1,394 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
11 Aye 20 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 31 shared votes
22 Aye 9 No
66 Aye 105 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 171 shared votes
108 Aye 63 No
15 Aye 26 No
Benefits 5% aligned 41 shared votes
24 Aye 17 No
67 Aye 60 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 127 shared votes
61 Aye 66 No
9 Aye 17 No
Environment / Climate 4% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 33 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 64 shared votes
33 Aye 31 No
17 Aye 32 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 49 shared votes
32 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 43 shared votes
24 Aye 19 No
19 Aye 20 No
Housing 0% aligned 39 shared votes
20 Aye 19 No
20 Aye 7 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 27 shared votes
7 Aye 20 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
65.9%
7% below average
Rank 503 of 649
2,052
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,566
2,376 eligible divisions
982
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
879
56.1% of votes cast
1,070
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
687
43.9% 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
13 years, 10 months
Since 15 Nov 2012

Debates

61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 649
Appearances
12
-70.3 vs Commons average
Rank 616 of 649
154
+10.5 vs Commons average
Rank 193 of 649
Contributions
105
-38.5 vs Commons average
Rank 319 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
£2,427,436
all imported IPSA years
£280,834
24% above average
Latest expenses
£250,940
11% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
14
5 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
Work / Employment
67 of 77 votes
Work / Employment
73 of 77 votes
#2
Education
82 of 96 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
53 of 69 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#5
Defence
51 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
No
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