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James Cartlidge vs Michael Shanks

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
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Michael Shanks
Lab Rutherglen

Voting alignment

James Cartlidge and Michael Shanks voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 399 shared comparable votes.

10 same votes 389 different votes 399 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
2 Aye 1 No
NHS / Health 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
3 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 25% aligned 4 shared votes
2 Aye 2 No
5 Aye 6 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
4 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 14% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
21 Aye 9 No
Migration 10% aligned 30 shared votes
6 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 50 No
Tax 0% aligned 78 shared votes
50 Aye 28 No
12 Aye 24 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
24 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 14 No
Housing 0% aligned 24 shared votes
14 Aye 10 No
21 Aye 1 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 22 shared votes
1 Aye 21 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
64.4%
8% below average
Rank 525 of 649
2,052
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
501
778 eligible divisions
982
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
236
47.1% of votes cast
1,070
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
265
52.9% of votes cast
14
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
5
1.0% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 11 months
Since 5 Oct 2023

Debates

61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 649
Appearances
99
+16.7 vs Commons average
Rank 170 of 649
154
+10.5 vs Commons average
Rank 193 of 649
Contributions
407
+263.5 vs Commons average
Rank 34 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
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£280,834
24% above average
Latest expenses
£272,859
21% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
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
Trade
13 of 14 votes
Work / Employment
73 of 77 votes
#2
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Work / Employment
38 of 45 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#4
Defence
28 of 34 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#5
Energy
20 of 26 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
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 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
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes Order 2023 4 Dec 2023
Environment / Climate
Aye
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