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James Cartlidge vs Peter Dowd

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
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Peter Dowd
Lab Bootle

Voting alignment

James Cartlidge and Peter Dowd voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,461 shared comparable votes.

80 same votes 1,381 different votes 1,461 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
68 Aye 102 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 170 shared votes
106 Aye 64 No
85 Aye 63 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 148 shared votes
69 Aye 79 No
14 Aye 22 No
Benefits 6% aligned 36 shared votes
20 Aye 16 No
49 Aye 37 No
Migration 5% aligned 86 shared votes
35 Aye 51 No
19 Aye 27 No
Energy 4% aligned 46 shared votes
29 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 30 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 61 shared votes
30 Aye 31 No
18 Aye 33 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 51 shared votes
33 Aye 18 No
23 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 47 shared votes
24 Aye 23 No
11 Aye 23 No
Housing 0% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No
26 Aye 4 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 30 shared votes
4 Aye 26 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
68.9%
4% below average
Rank 449 of 649
2,052
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,637
2,376 eligible divisions
982
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
916
56.0% of votes cast
1,070
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
721
44.0% of votes cast
14
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% 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
40
-42.3 vs Commons average
Rank 503 of 649
154
+10.5 vs Commons average
Rank 193 of 649
Contributions
28
-115.5 vs Commons average
Rank 582 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
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£280,834
24% above average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
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
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Work / Employment
73 of 77 votes
#2
Work / Employment
64 of 77 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#5
Trade
72 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
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 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
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
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
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
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
Aye
Hunting Trophies Bill 2R 22 Mar 2024
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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