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James Cartlidge vs Olivia Blake

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 Olivia Blake
Olivia Blake
Lab Sheffield Hallam

Voting alignment

James Cartlidge and Olivia Blake voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 1,039 shared comparable votes.

34 same votes 1,005 different votes 1,039 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
17 Aye 8 No
NHS / Health 8% aligned 25 shared votes
10 Aye 15 No
14 Aye 21 No
Benefits 6% aligned 35 shared votes
19 Aye 16 No
9 Aye 15 No
Energy 4% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
12 Aye 18 No
Housing 3% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No
58 Aye 46 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 104 shared votes
43 Aye 61 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 34 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 53 shared votes
34 Aye 19 No
27 Aye 23 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 50 shared votes
23 Aye 27 No
16 Aye 29 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 45 shared votes
29 Aye 16 No
29 Aye 13 No
Transport 0% aligned 42 shared votes
13 Aye 29 No
16 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 39 shared votes
23 Aye 16 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
74.7%
2% above average
Rank 318 of 649
2,052
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,239
1,658 eligible divisions
982
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
649
52.4% of votes cast
1,070
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
590
47.6% of votes cast
14
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
10
0.8% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 649
Appearances
37
-45.3 vs Commons average
Rank 520 of 649
154
+10.5 vs Commons average
Rank 193 of 649
Contributions
42
-101.5 vs Commons average
Rank 539 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
£1,408,648
all imported IPSA years
£280,834
24% above average
Latest expenses
£300,839
33% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
2 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
Education
66 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
73 of 77 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#4
Work / Employment
56 of 67 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#5
Transport
53 of 64 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
No
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