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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 331 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 325 different votes 331 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
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 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
25 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 54 No
Tax 0% aligned 89 shared votes
54 Aye 35 No
5 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
25 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 18 No
Education 0% aligned 25 shared votes
18 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 69 of 650
Participation
80.5 %
8 % above average
Rank 194 of 650
2,026
2,344 eligible divisions
Total votes
449
558 eligible divisions
968
47.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
235
52.3 % of votes cast
1,058
52.2 % of votes cast
No votes
214
47.7 % of votes cast
12
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
12
2.7 % of votes cast
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

67
-2.8 vs Commons average
Rank 261 of 650
Appearances
75
+5.2 vs Commons average
Rank 205 of 650
166
+42.1 vs Commons average
Rank 136 of 650
Contributions
106
-17.9 vs Commons average
Rank 245 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
£162,742
all imported IPSA years
£280,834
24 % above average
Latest expenses
£162,742
28 % below average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
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
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Work / Employment
71 of 75 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Housing
30 of 31 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#4
Housing
61 of 66 votes
#5
Energy
16 of 17 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API