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James Cartlidge vs Mr Clive Betts

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


Voting alignment

James Cartlidge and Mr Clive Betts voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,601 shared comparable votes.

85 same votes 1,516 different votes 1,601 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
73 Aye 108 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 181 shared votes
112 Aye 69 No
21 Aye 28 No
Energy 6% aligned 49 shared votes
31 Aye 18 No
17 Aye 18 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 35 shared votes
20 Aye 15 No
84 Aye 76 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 160 shared votes
78 Aye 82 No
14 Aye 27 No
Benefits 5% aligned 41 shared votes
25 Aye 16 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 31 No
Transport 0% aligned 64 shared votes
31 Aye 33 No
21 Aye 41 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 62 shared votes
41 Aye 21 No
33 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 61 shared votes
28 Aye 33 No
20 Aye 31 No
Housing 0% aligned 51 shared votes
31 Aye 20 No
21 Aye 26 No
Defence 0% aligned 47 shared votes
26 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
76.4%
4% above average
Rank 277 of 649
2,052
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,816
2,376 eligible divisions
982
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,018
56.1% of votes cast
1,070
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
798
43.9% of votes cast
14
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 649
Appearances
57
-25.3 vs Commons average
Rank 395 of 649
154
+10.5 vs Commons average
Rank 193 of 649
Contributions
49
-94.5 vs Commons average
Rank 509 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
£3,039,074
all imported IPSA years
£280,834
24% above average
Latest expenses
£311,690
38% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
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
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
73 of 77 votes
#2
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
40 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

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