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James Cartlidge vs Paula Barker
A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.
Voting alignment
James Cartlidge and Paula Barker voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,112 shared comparable votes.
47 same votes
1,065 different votes
1,112 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
Most different by topic
Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.
Voting record
86.4%
14% above average
Participation
79.1%
6% above average
2,052
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,311
1,658 eligible divisions
982
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
683
52.1% of votes cast
1,070
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
628
47.9% of votes cast
14
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.7% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Debates
62
-21.6 vs Commons average
Appearances
80
-3.6 vs Commons average
155
+9.3 vs Commons average
Contributions
82
-63.7 vs Commons average
Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.
Financials and interests
£1,908,598
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,383,596
all imported IPSA years
£280,834
24% above average
Latest expenses
£322,425
43% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
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
Recent voting overlap
Where they voted differently
No
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots
15 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
No
Member source
UK Parliament Members API
Voting source
Commons Votes API