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James Cartlidge vs Stephen Doughty

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


Voting alignment

James Cartlidge and Stephen Doughty voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,404 shared comparable votes.

71 same votes 1,333 different votes 1,404 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
71 Aye 64 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 135 shared votes
70 Aye 65 No
70 Aye 97 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 167 shared votes
98 Aye 69 No
12 Aye 20 No
Benefits 6% aligned 32 shared votes
18 Aye 14 No
19 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 33 shared votes
16 Aye 17 No
17 Aye 19 No
Energy 6% aligned 36 shared votes
21 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 28 No
Trade 0% aligned 59 shared votes
28 Aye 31 No
28 Aye 27 No
Transport 0% aligned 55 shared votes
27 Aye 28 No
24 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 44 shared votes
20 Aye 24 No
18 Aye 22 No
Defence 0% aligned 40 shared votes
22 Aye 18 No
12 Aye 20 No
Housing 0% aligned 32 shared votes
20 Aye 12 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
66.5%
6% below average
Rank 490 of 649
2,052
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,581
2,376 eligible divisions
982
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
906
57.3% of votes cast
1,070
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
675
42.7% of votes cast
14
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
19
1.2% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
13 years, 10 months
Since 15 Nov 2012

Debates

61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 649
Appearances
79
-3.3 vs Commons average
Rank 266 of 649
154
+10.5 vs Commons average
Rank 193 of 649
Contributions
349
+205.5 vs Commons average
Rank 46 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
£2,632,101
all imported IPSA years
£280,834
24% above average
Latest expenses
£294,894
30% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
0
0 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
Brexit / EU
177 of 211 votes
Work / Employment
73 of 77 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Defence
55 of 71 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
36 of 47 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 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