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James Cartlidge vs Ms Polly Billington

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


Voting alignment

James Cartlidge and Ms Polly Billington voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 348 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 341 different votes 348 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
5 Aye 8 No
Benefits 15% aligned 13 shared votes
6 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
16 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 41 shared votes
24 Aye 17 No
35 Aye 54 No
Tax 0% aligned 89 shared votes
54 Aye 35 No
5 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
27 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 54 No
Tax 0% aligned 89 shared votes
54 Aye 35 No
5 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 32 shared votes
27 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 19 No
Education 0% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No
12 Aye 8 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 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
79.7%
7% above average
Rank 205 of 649
2,052
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
470
590 eligible divisions
982
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
242
51.5% of votes cast
1,070
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
228
48.5% of votes cast
14
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
14
3.0% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

61
-20.7 vs Commons average
Rank 360 of 649
Appearances
83
+1.3 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 649
154
+11.7 vs Commons average
Rank 187 of 649
Contributions
120
-22.3 vs Commons average
Rank 264 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
£162,742
all imported IPSA years
£280,834
24% above average
Latest expenses
£162,742
28% below average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
14 of 14 votes
Work / Employment
73 of 77 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#4
Housing
30 of 32 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#5
Tax
98 of 112 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API