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James Cartlidge vs Taiwo Owatemi

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 Taiwo Owatemi
Taiwo Owatemi
Lab Coventry North West

Voting alignment

James Cartlidge and Taiwo Owatemi voted the same way 3% of the time, based on 921 shared comparable votes.

30 same votes 891 different votes 921 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
9 Aye 12 No
NHS / Health 10% aligned 21 shared votes
14 Aye 7 No
15 Aye 20 No
Benefits 6% aligned 35 shared votes
18 Aye 17 No
10 Aye 14 No
Energy 4% aligned 24 shared votes
15 Aye 9 No
65 Aye 32 No
Migration 3% aligned 97 shared votes
29 Aye 68 No
52 Aye 57 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 109 shared votes
56 Aye 53 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 48 shared votes
24 Aye 24 No
15 Aye 33 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 48 shared votes
33 Aye 15 No
20 Aye 18 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 38 shared votes
18 Aye 20 No
14 Aye 24 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 38 shared votes
24 Aye 14 No
18 Aye 19 No
Defence 0% aligned 37 shared votes
19 Aye 18 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
74.6%
2% above average
Rank 320 of 649
2,052
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,237
1,658 eligible divisions
982
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
659
53.3% of votes cast
1,070
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
578
46.7% of votes cast
14
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
13
1.1% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 649
Appearances
5
-77.3 vs Commons average
Rank 631 of 649
154
+10.5 vs Commons average
Rank 193 of 649
Contributions
5
-138.5 vs Commons average
Rank 629 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
£1,264,566
all imported IPSA years
£280,834
24% above average
Latest expenses
£280,621
24% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
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
Environment / Climate
41 of 44 votes
Work / Employment
73 of 77 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
NHS / Health
42 of 47 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#4
Crime / Justice
152 of 174 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#5
Devolution / Local Government
46 of 55 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
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
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
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
No
Motion to sit in private 17 May 2024
Tax
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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