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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 3% of the time, based on 336 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 326 different votes 336 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
23 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 46 shared votes
22 Aye 24 No
35 Aye 48 No
Tax 0% aligned 83 shared votes
48 Aye 35 No
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
Most different by topic
35 Aye 48 No
Tax 0% aligned 83 shared votes
48 Aye 35 No
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
8 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
10 Aye 8 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
77.6 %
5 % above average
Rank 257 of 649
2,040
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
446
575 eligible divisions
974
47.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
210
47.1 % of votes cast
1,066
52.3 % of votes cast
No votes
236
52.9 % of votes cast
12
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
11 years, 2 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

69
-9.5 vs Commons average
Rank 304 of 649
Appearances
152
+73.5 vs Commons average
Rank 49 of 649
167
+27.7 vs Commons average
Rank 158 of 649
Contributions
164
+24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 165 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
£200,003
all imported IPSA years
£280,834
24 % above average
Latest expenses
£200,003
12 % below average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
8
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
Migration
13 of 13 votes
Work / Employment
73 of 77 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#4
Defence
33 of 34 votes
Housing
61 of 66 votes
#5
Benefits
28 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
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
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
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