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James Cartlidge vs Steve Reed

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
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Steve Reed
Lab Streatham and Croydon North

Voting alignment

James Cartlidge and Steve Reed voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,324 shared comparable votes.

70 same votes 1,254 different votes 1,324 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
14 Aye 19 No
NHS / Health 9% aligned 33 shared votes
18 Aye 15 No
14 Aye 21 No
Energy 9% aligned 35 shared votes
24 Aye 11 No
70 Aye 108 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 178 shared votes
112 Aye 66 No
12 Aye 25 No
Benefits 5% aligned 37 shared votes
23 Aye 14 No
13 Aye 10 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
19 Aye 38 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 57 shared votes
38 Aye 19 No
27 Aye 30 No
Transport 0% aligned 57 shared votes
30 Aye 27 No
15 Aye 27 No
Housing 0% aligned 42 shared votes
27 Aye 15 No
15 Aye 17 No
Defence 0% aligned 32 shared votes
17 Aye 15 No
20 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 32 shared votes
12 Aye 20 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
62.1%
10% below average
Rank 555 of 649
2,052
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,476
2,376 eligible divisions
982
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
863
58.5% of votes cast
1,070
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
613
41.5% of votes cast
14
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
13 years, 9 months
Since 29 Nov 2012

Debates

61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 649
Appearances
50
-32.3 vs Commons average
Rank 446 of 649
154
+10.5 vs Commons average
Rank 193 of 649
Contributions
428
+284.5 vs Commons average
Rank 30 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
£2,494,265
all imported IPSA years
£280,834
24% above average
Latest expenses
£293,477
30% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
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
61 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
73 of 77 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
179 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
36 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#4
Trade
67 of 91 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#5
NHS / Health
40 of 56 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
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
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
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
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
No
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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