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James Cartlidge vs Steve Darling

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


Voting alignment

James Cartlidge and Steve Darling voted the same way 79% of the time, based on 286 shared comparable votes.

227 same votes 59 different votes 286 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
5 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 100% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No
28 Aye 43 No
Tax 97% aligned 71 shared votes
30 Aye 41 No
10 Aye 18 No
Education 96% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
3 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 95% aligned 19 shared votes
4 Aye 15 No
7 Aye 10 No
Defence 88% aligned 17 shared votes
7 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
1 Aye 2 No
Environment / Climate 33% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 6 No
Energy 38% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
2 Aye 3 No
Digital / Online Safety 60% aligned 5 shared votes
2 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 2 No
Foreign Affairs 67% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 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
67.5%
5% below average
Rank 472 of 649
2,052
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
398
590 eligible divisions
982
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
217
54.5% of votes cast
1,070
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
181
45.5% of votes cast
14
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
7
1.8% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

61
-20.8 vs Commons average
Rank 356 of 649
Appearances
137
+55.2 vs Commons average
Rank 82 of 649
154
+11.4 vs Commons average
Rank 188 of 649
Contributions
163
+20.4 vs Commons average
Rank 172 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
£235,469
all imported IPSA years
£280,834
24% above average
Latest expenses
£235,469
4% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
7
5 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
Housing
27 of 32 votes
Work / Employment
73 of 77 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#5
Benefits
23 of 30 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API