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James Cartlidge vs Mrs Sharon Hodgson

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


Voting alignment

James Cartlidge and Mrs Sharon Hodgson voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,529 shared comparable votes.

75 same votes 1,454 different votes 1,529 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
70 Aye 101 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 171 shared votes
105 Aye 66 No
13 Aye 21 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No
61 Aye 76 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 137 shared votes
77 Aye 60 No
18 Aye 40 No
Education 3% aligned 58 shared votes
42 Aye 16 No
10 Aye 20 No
Digital / Online Safety 3% aligned 30 shared votes
21 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 30 No
Transport 0% aligned 58 shared votes
30 Aye 28 No
31 Aye 19 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 50 shared votes
19 Aye 31 No
17 Aye 32 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 49 shared votes
32 Aye 17 No
15 Aye 27 No
Benefits 0% aligned 42 shared votes
27 Aye 15 No
21 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 42 shared votes
21 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
71.8%
1% below average
Rank 383 of 649
2,052
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,707
2,376 eligible divisions
982
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
951
55.7% of votes cast
1,070
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
756
44.3% 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
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 649
Appearances
90
+7.7 vs Commons average
Rank 211 of 649
154
+10.5 vs Commons average
Rank 193 of 649
Contributions
217
+73.5 vs Commons average
Rank 117 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
£3,068,484
all imported IPSA years
£280,834
24% above average
Latest expenses
£282,668
25% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
Democracy / Parliament
42 of 47 votes
Work / Employment
73 of 77 votes
#2
Migration
151 of 171 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#5
Defence
57 of 71 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API