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James Cartlidge vs Stephen Kinnock

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 Stephen Kinnock
Stephen Kinnock
Lab Aberafan Maesteg

Voting alignment

James Cartlidge and Stephen Kinnock voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,573 shared comparable votes.

81 same votes 1,492 different votes 1,573 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
72 Aye 109 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 181 shared votes
113 Aye 68 No
12 Aye 30 No
Benefits 5% aligned 42 shared votes
28 Aye 14 No
36 Aye 31 No
Trade 4% aligned 67 shared votes
34 Aye 33 No
19 Aye 26 No
Energy 4% aligned 45 shared votes
28 Aye 17 No
66 Aye 76 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 142 shared votes
75 Aye 67 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 32 No
Transport 0% aligned 69 shared votes
32 Aye 37 No
34 Aye 33 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 67 shared votes
33 Aye 34 No
16 Aye 42 No
Education 0% aligned 58 shared votes
42 Aye 16 No
20 Aye 26 No
Defence 0% aligned 46 shared votes
26 Aye 20 No
15 Aye 31 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 46 shared votes
31 Aye 15 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
75.4%
3% above average
Rank 300 of 649
2,052
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,792
2,376 eligible divisions
982
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,013
56.5% of votes cast
1,070
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
779
43.5% of votes cast
14
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 649
Appearances
115
+32.7 vs Commons average
Rank 124 of 649
154
+10.5 vs Commons average
Rank 193 of 649
Contributions
443
+299.5 vs Commons average
Rank 28 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
£2,167,873
all imported IPSA years
£280,834
24% above average
Latest expenses
£312,875
38% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
4
4 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
Work / Employment
71 of 77 votes
Work / Employment
73 of 77 votes
#2
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Migration
150 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 48 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#5
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
No
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
No
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