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James Cartlidge vs Nick Thomas-Symonds

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 Nick Thomas-Symonds
Nick Thomas-Symonds
Lab Torfaen

Voting alignment

James Cartlidge and Nick Thomas-Symonds voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,339 shared comparable votes.

75 same votes 1,264 different votes 1,339 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
15 Aye 23 No
Energy 8% aligned 38 shared votes
26 Aye 12 No
71 Aye 108 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 179 shared votes
112 Aye 67 No
11 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 7% aligned 27 shared votes
18 Aye 9 No
13 Aye 21 No
Benefits 6% aligned 34 shared votes
19 Aye 15 No
16 Aye 24 No
Education 5% aligned 40 shared votes
26 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 29 No
Trade 0% aligned 63 shared votes
29 Aye 34 No
28 Aye 30 No
Transport 0% aligned 58 shared votes
30 Aye 28 No
20 Aye 34 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 54 shared votes
34 Aye 20 No
13 Aye 21 No
Defence 0% aligned 34 shared votes
21 Aye 13 No
25 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 33 shared votes
8 Aye 25 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
62.6%
10% below average
Rank 549 of 649
2,052
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,488
2,376 eligible divisions
982
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
852
57.3% of votes cast
1,070
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
636
42.7% of votes cast
14
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.8% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 649
Appearances
55
-27.3 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 649
154
+10.5 vs Commons average
Rank 193 of 649
Contributions
418
+274.5 vs Commons average
Rank 31 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
£2,131,457
all imported IPSA years
£280,834
24% above average
Latest expenses
£255,367
13% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
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
Brexit / EU
180 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
73 of 77 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Trade
71 of 91 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#4
Defence
50 of 71 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
33 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
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 Postal Packets (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2023 18 Jul 2023
Aye
Aye
Relationships and Sexuality Education (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 28 Jun 2023
Education
Aye
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