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James Cartlidge vs Melanie Onn

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 Melanie Onn
Melanie Onn
Lab Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes

Voting alignment

James Cartlidge and Melanie Onn voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 845 shared comparable votes.

52 same votes 793 different votes 845 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
46 Aye 80 No
Brexit / EU 12% aligned 126 shared votes
85 Aye 41 No
5 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
3 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 18 No
Benefits 9% aligned 22 shared votes
16 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 10 No
Digital / Online Safety 7% aligned 14 shared votes
11 Aye 3 No
12 Aye 3 No
Migration 7% aligned 15 shared votes
4 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
14 Aye 21 No
Transport 0% aligned 35 shared votes
21 Aye 14 No
17 Aye 17 No
Trade 0% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No
15 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
12 Aye 15 No
19 Aye 5 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
5 Aye 19 No
9 Aye 14 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 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
73.9%
1% above average
Rank 335 of 649
2,052
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
436
590 eligible divisions
982
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
214
49.1% of votes cast
1,070
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
222
50.9% of votes cast
14
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.2% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 649
Appearances
90
+7.7 vs Commons average
Rank 212 of 649
154
+10.5 vs Commons average
Rank 193 of 649
Contributions
113
-30.5 vs Commons average
Rank 295 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
£1,014,663
all imported IPSA years
£280,834
24% above average
Latest expenses
£201,216
11% below average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
6
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Work / Employment
73 of 77 votes
#2
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#4
Energy
17 of 20 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#5
Tax
94 of 112 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 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
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
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
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