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James Cartlidge vs Richard Baker

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

James Cartlidge and Richard Baker voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 346 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 338 different votes 346 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
5 Aye 7 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
5 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 13% aligned 8 shared votes
2 Aye 6 No
24 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 39 shared votes
14 Aye 25 No
36 Aye 50 No
Tax 0% aligned 86 shared votes
50 Aye 36 No
7 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
28 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 50 No
Tax 0% aligned 86 shared votes
50 Aye 36 No
7 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
28 Aye 7 No
11 Aye 13 No
Education 0% aligned 24 shared votes
13 Aye 11 No
6 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
17 Aye 6 No
10 Aye 5 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

86.3%
14% above average
Rank 65 of 650
Participation
73.9%
1% above average
Rank 336 of 650
2,086
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
466
631 eligible divisions
998
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
223
47.9% of votes cast
1,088
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
243
52.1% of votes cast
14
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
13
2.8% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 4 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

62
-32.5 vs Commons average
Rank 416 of 650
Appearances
87
-7.5 vs Commons average
Rank 277 of 650
151
-13.5 vs Commons average
Rank 244 of 650
Contributions
107
-57.5 vs Commons average
Rank 364 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,908,598
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£179,133
all imported IPSA years
£280,834
24% above average
Latest expenses
£179,133
21% below average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
6
2 registered categories
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
211 of 212 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
78 of 82 votes
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Work / Employment
76 of 80 votes
#3
Migration
12 of 13 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 49 votes
#4
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#5
Benefits
27 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API