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James Cartlidge vs Sir Iain Duncan Smith

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


Voting alignment

James Cartlidge and Sir Iain Duncan Smith voted the same way 97% of the time, based on 1,835 shared comparable votes.

1,786 same votes 49 different votes 1,835 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
39 Aye 36 No
Transport 100% aligned 75 shared votes
39 Aye 36 No
31 Aye 41 No
Foreign Affairs 100% aligned 72 shared votes
31 Aye 41 No
17 Aye 46 No
Education 100% aligned 63 shared votes
17 Aye 46 No
27 Aye 34 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 61 shared votes
27 Aye 34 No
25 Aye 32 No
Benefits 100% aligned 57 shared votes
25 Aye 32 No
Most different by topic
104 Aye 43 No
Migration 94% aligned 147 shared votes
103 Aye 44 No
82 Aye 127 No
Brexit / EU 94% aligned 209 shared votes
78 Aye 131 No
35 Aye 38 No
Trade 95% aligned 73 shared votes
33 Aye 40 No
24 Aye 12 No
Environment / Climate 97% aligned 36 shared votes
23 Aye 13 No
24 Aye 35 No
Housing 98% aligned 59 shared votes
25 Aye 34 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
81.1%
9% above average
Rank 172 of 650
2,091
2,422 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,965
2,422 eligible divisions
1,000
47.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
900
45.8% of votes cast
1,091
52.2% of votes cast
No votes
1,065
54.2% of votes cast
14
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
41
2.1% of votes cast
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
34 years, 7 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

64
-31.6 vs Commons average
Rank 404 of 650
Appearances
100
+4.4 vs Commons average
Rank 231 of 650
154
-12.4 vs Commons average
Rank 236 of 650
Contributions
162
-4.4 vs Commons average
Rank 220 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
£2,530,064
all imported IPSA years
£280,834
24% above average
Latest expenses
£265,254
17% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
8
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
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
Brexit / EU
209 of 212 votes
Foreign Affairs
78 of 82 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
75 of 82 votes
Work / Employment
76 of 80 votes
#3
Migration
153 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 49 votes
#4
Housing
60 of 68 votes
Housing
63 of 68 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
198 of 234 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye rebel
Closure motion 16 May 2025
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Aye
Aye
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API