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James Cartlidge vs Sammy Wilson

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


Voting alignment

James Cartlidge and Sammy Wilson voted the same way 78% of the time, based on 1,344 shared comparable votes.

1,046 same votes 298 different votes 1,344 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
0 Aye 3 No
Cost of Living 100% aligned 3 shared votes
0 Aye 3 No
19 Aye 19 No
Energy 97% aligned 38 shared votes
20 Aye 18 No
16 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 97% aligned 38 shared votes
17 Aye 21 No
14 Aye 7 No
Democracy / Parliament 95% aligned 21 shared votes
15 Aye 6 No
70 Aye 121 No
Tax 87% aligned 191 shared votes
81 Aye 110 No
Most different by topic
67 Aye 25 No
Migration 60% aligned 92 shared votes
58 Aye 34 No
15 Aye 23 No
Benefits 63% aligned 38 shared votes
17 Aye 21 No
23 Aye 19 No
Defence 64% aligned 42 shared votes
26 Aye 16 No
9 Aye 11 No
NHS / Health 65% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No
12 Aye 14 No
Environment / Climate 65% aligned 26 shared votes
15 Aye 11 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
62.0%
11% below average
Rank 558 of 649
2,052
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,472
2,376 eligible divisions
982
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
732
49.7% of votes cast
1,070
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
740
50.3% of votes cast
14
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
11
0.7% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
21 years, 4 months
Since 5 May 2005

Debates

61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 649
Appearances
110
+27.7 vs Commons average
Rank 136 of 649
154
+10.5 vs Commons average
Rank 193 of 649
Contributions
157
+13.5 vs Commons average
Rank 187 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
£2,714,557
all imported IPSA years
£280,834
24% above average
Latest expenses
£250,082
11% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 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
Brexit / EU
195 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
73 of 77 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Trade
70 of 91 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#4
Defence
50 of 71 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#5
Energy
47 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API