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James Cartlidge vs Sir Stephen Timms

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


Voting alignment

James Cartlidge and Sir Stephen Timms voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,656 shared comparable votes.

77 same votes 1,579 different votes 1,656 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
18 Aye 25 No
Energy 7% aligned 43 shared votes
28 Aye 15 No
76 Aye 109 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 185 shared votes
110 Aye 75 No
18 Aye 31 No
Benefits 4% aligned 49 shared votes
29 Aye 20 No
81 Aye 79 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 160 shared votes
79 Aye 81 No
19 Aye 15 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 34 shared votes
14 Aye 20 No
Most different by topic
23 Aye 40 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 63 shared votes
40 Aye 23 No
30 Aye 33 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 63 shared votes
33 Aye 30 No
22 Aye 29 No
Housing 0% aligned 51 shared votes
29 Aye 22 No
22 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 45 shared votes
23 Aye 22 No
24 Aye 19 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 43 shared votes
19 Aye 24 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
78.5%
6% above average
Rank 228 of 649
2,052
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,866
2,376 eligible divisions
982
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,024
54.9% of votes cast
1,070
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
842
45.1% of votes cast
14
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
14
0.8% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
32 years, 3 months
Since 9 Jun 1994

Debates

61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 649
Appearances
53
-29.3 vs Commons average
Rank 424 of 649
154
+10.5 vs Commons average
Rank 193 of 649
Contributions
199
+55.5 vs Commons average
Rank 135 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
£2,605,766
all imported IPSA years
£280,834
24% above average
Latest expenses
£272,963
21% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
65 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
73 of 77 votes
#2
Defence
64 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Migration
154 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
186 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

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