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James Cartlidge vs Michael Payne

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


Voting alignment

James Cartlidge and Michael Payne voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 333 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 326 different votes 333 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
12 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
36 Aye 57 No
Tax 0% aligned 93 shared votes
57 Aye 36 No
7 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
29 Aye 7 No
11 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
21 Aye 11 No
9 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 57 No
Tax 0% aligned 93 shared votes
57 Aye 36 No
7 Aye 29 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
29 Aye 7 No
11 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
21 Aye 11 No
9 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
9 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
11 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
76.6%
4% above average
Rank 276 of 649
2,052
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
452
590 eligible divisions
982
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
233
51.5% of votes cast
1,070
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
219
48.5% 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
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

61
-21.1 vs Commons average
Rank 361 of 649
Appearances
24
-58.1 vs Commons average
Rank 579 of 649
154
+11.1 vs Commons average
Rank 188 of 649
Contributions
27
-115.9 vs Commons average
Rank 586 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
£216,868
all imported IPSA years
£280,834
24% above average
Latest expenses
£216,868
4% below average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
11
2 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
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Work / Employment
73 of 77 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Transport
28 of 29 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#4
Education
48 of 50 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#5
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API