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James Cartlidge vs Shabana Mahmood

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


Voting alignment

James Cartlidge and Shabana Mahmood voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,144 shared comparable votes.

54 same votes 1,090 different votes 1,144 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
73 Aye 108 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 181 shared votes
112 Aye 69 No
11 Aye 17 No
Energy 7% aligned 28 shared votes
19 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 21 No
Education 6% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 25 No
Benefits 6% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
10 Aye 23 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 33 shared votes
25 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
29 Aye 21 No
Trade 0% aligned 50 shared votes
21 Aye 29 No
17 Aye 31 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 48 shared votes
31 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 23 No
Transport 0% aligned 42 shared votes
23 Aye 19 No
20 Aye 13 No
Housing 0% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
9 Aye 15 No
Defence 0% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 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
53.4%
19% below average
Rank 611 of 649
2,052
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,269
2,376 eligible divisions
982
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
730
57.5% of votes cast
1,070
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
539
42.5% of votes cast
14
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
14
1.1% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 649
Appearances
69
-13.3 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 649
154
+10.5 vs Commons average
Rank 193 of 649
Contributions
817
+673.5 vs Commons average
Rank 5 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
£2,874,401
all imported IPSA years
£280,834
24% above average
Latest expenses
£287,702
27% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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
182 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
73 of 77 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
51 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Trade
59 of 91 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#4
Migration
107 of 171 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#5
NHS / Health
35 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

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