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James Cartlidge vs Sojan Joseph

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 Sojan Joseph
Sojan Joseph
Lab Ashford

Voting alignment

James Cartlidge and Sojan Joseph voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 377 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 371 different votes 377 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
6 Aye 9 No
Benefits 13% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
23 Aye 26 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 49 shared votes
25 Aye 24 No
36 Aye 58 No
Tax 0% aligned 94 shared votes
58 Aye 36 No
8 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
27 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
22 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
36 Aye 58 No
Tax 0% aligned 94 shared votes
58 Aye 36 No
8 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
27 Aye 8 No
11 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 33 shared votes
22 Aye 11 No
5 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 No
9 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 20 shared votes
11 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 73 of 647
Participation
93.4 %
21 % above average
Rank 7 of 647
2,016
2,333 eligible divisions
Total votes
511
547 eligible divisions
963
47.8 % of votes cast
Aye votes
260
50.9 % of votes cast
1,053
52.2 % of votes cast
No votes
251
49.1 % of votes cast
12
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
12
2.3 % of votes cast
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

67
+0.8 vs Commons average
Rank 226 of 650
Appearances
55
-11.2 vs Commons average
Rank 324 of 650
121
+3.2 vs Commons average
Rank 192 of 650
Contributions
67
-50.8 vs Commons average
Rank 395 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
£158,669
all imported IPSA years
£280,834
24 % above average
Latest expenses
£158,669
30 % below average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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
Education
49 of 49 votes
Work / Employment
71 of 75 votes
#2
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Defence
27 of 27 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 45 votes
#4
Transport
25 of 25 votes
Housing
61 of 66 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
Aye
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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