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James Cartlidge vs Rebecca Long Bailey

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 Rebecca Long Bailey
Rebecca Long Bailey
Lab Salford

Voting alignment

James Cartlidge and Rebecca Long Bailey voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,583 shared comparable votes.

70 same votes 1,513 different votes 1,583 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 108 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 176 shared votes
112 Aye 64 No
77 Aye 81 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 158 shared votes
82 Aye 76 No
19 Aye 30 No
Benefits 4% aligned 49 shared votes
28 Aye 21 No
21 Aye 39 No
Education 3% aligned 60 shared votes
41 Aye 19 No
18 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 32 No
Trade 0% aligned 68 shared votes
32 Aye 36 No
18 Aye 41 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 59 shared votes
41 Aye 18 No
26 Aye 32 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 58 shared votes
32 Aye 26 No
23 Aye 31 No
Housing 0% aligned 54 shared votes
31 Aye 23 No
24 Aye 26 No
Defence 0% aligned 50 shared votes
26 Aye 24 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
76.8%
4% above average
Rank 273 of 649
2,052
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,824
2,376 eligible divisions
982
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,008
55.3% of votes cast
1,070
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
816
44.7% of votes cast
14
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
26
1.4% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 361 of 649
Appearances
53
-30.7 vs Commons average
Rank 429 of 649
155
+9.1 vs Commons average
Rank 196 of 649
Contributions
54
-91.9 vs Commons average
Rank 492 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
£1,991,058
all imported IPSA years
£280,834
24% above average
Latest expenses
£259,636
15% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
5
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
68 of 71 votes
Work / Employment
73 of 77 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Housing
59 of 67 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#5
Transport
81 of 95 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
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 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
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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 Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
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