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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
vs
Photograph of Michael Shanks
Michael Shanks
Lab Rutherglen

Voting alignment

James Cartlidge and Michael Shanks voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 376 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 367 different votes 376 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
20 Aye 9 No
Migration 10% aligned 29 shared votes
6 Aye 23 No
11 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 50 No
Tax 0% aligned 77 shared votes
50 Aye 27 No
12 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 34 shared votes
22 Aye 12 No
8 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 29 shared votes
21 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 14 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 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 73 of 647
Participation
64.2 %
9 % below average
Rank 528 of 647
2,016
2,333 eligible divisions
Total votes
472
735 eligible divisions
963
47.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
227
48.1 % of votes cast
1,053
52.2 % of votes cast
No votes
245
51.9 % of votes cast
12
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
4
0.8 % of votes cast
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 8 months
Since 5 Oct 2023

Debates

67
+0.8 vs Commons average
Rank 226 of 650
Appearances
77
+10.8 vs Commons average
Rank 187 of 650
121
+3.2 vs Commons average
Rank 192 of 650
Contributions
323
+205.2 vs Commons average
Rank 37 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
£340,820
all imported IPSA years
£280,834
24 % above average
Latest expenses
£272,859
21 % above average
4
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
10 of 11 votes
Work / Employment
71 of 75 votes
#2
Benefits
27 of 31 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Defence
23 of 27 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 45 votes
#4
Work / Employment
36 of 43 votes
Housing
61 of 66 votes
#5
Energy
19 of 23 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 12 8 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
Where they voted the same
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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