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James Cartlidge vs Mark Sewards

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 Mark Sewards
Mark Sewards
Lab Leeds South West and Morley

Voting alignment

James Cartlidge and Mark Sewards voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 347 shared comparable votes.

14 same votes 333 different votes 347 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
6 Aye 8 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
6 Aye 8 No
5 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
23 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 46 shared votes
22 Aye 24 No
35 Aye 49 No
Tax 1% aligned 84 shared votes
48 Aye 36 No
8 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
18 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
13 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 24 shared votes
17 Aye 7 No
9 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 19 shared votes
10 Aye 9 No
4 Aye 9 No
Energy 0% aligned 13 shared votes
9 Aye 4 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
78.0%
5% above average
Rank 243 of 649
2,052
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
460
590 eligible divisions
982
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
214
46.5% of votes cast
1,070
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
246
53.5% of votes cast
14
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

62
-21.6 vs Commons average
Rank 361 of 650
Appearances
165
+81.4 vs Commons average
Rank 48 of 650
155
+9.3 vs Commons average
Rank 196 of 650
Contributions
176
+30.3 vs Commons average
Rank 165 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
£200,003
all imported IPSA years
£280,834
24% above average
Latest expenses
£200,003
12% below average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
7
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
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Work / Employment
73 of 77 votes
#2
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#4
Defence
33 of 34 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#5
Benefits
28 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
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 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
Motion to sit in private 4 Sept 2026
Tax
No
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
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
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
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