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James Cartlidge vs Ruth Cadbury

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 Ruth Cadbury
Ruth Cadbury
Lab Brentford and Isleworth

Voting alignment

James Cartlidge and Ruth Cadbury voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,583 shared comparable votes.

74 same votes 1,509 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
14 Aye 20 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 34 shared votes
22 Aye 12 No
16 Aye 25 No
Benefits 5% aligned 41 shared votes
23 Aye 18 No
79 Aye 64 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 143 shared votes
64 Aye 79 No
71 Aye 108 No
Brexit / EU 4% aligned 179 shared votes
107 Aye 72 No
6 Aye 24 No
Digital / Online Safety 3% aligned 30 shared votes
25 Aye 5 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 29 No
Transport 0% aligned 65 shared votes
29 Aye 36 No
31 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 58 shared votes
27 Aye 31 No
22 Aye 34 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 56 shared votes
34 Aye 22 No
24 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No
15 Aye 31 No
Housing 0% aligned 46 shared votes
31 Aye 15 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
75.0%
2% above average
Rank 311 of 649
2,052
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,781
2,376 eligible divisions
982
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
990
55.6% of votes cast
1,070
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
791
44.4% 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
65
-17.3 vs Commons average
Rank 339 of 649
154
+10.5 vs Commons average
Rank 193 of 649
Contributions
73
-70.5 vs Commons average
Rank 426 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
£2,210,414
all imported IPSA years
£280,834
24% above average
Latest expenses
£293,505
30% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Foreign Affairs
59 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
73 of 77 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
180 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Transport
78 of 95 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#4
Trade
74 of 91 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#5
Education
78 of 96 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
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
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
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
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
No
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
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