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James Cartlidge vs Tom Collins

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 Tom Collins
Tom Collins
Lab Worcester

Voting alignment

James Cartlidge and Tom Collins voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 362 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 355 different votes 362 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
6 Aye 9 No
Benefits 13% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No
23 Aye 23 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 46 shared votes
21 Aye 25 No
32 Aye 48 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
48 Aye 32 No
8 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
27 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
22 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 48 No
Tax 0% aligned 80 shared votes
48 Aye 32 No
8 Aye 27 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 35 shared votes
27 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 22 No
Education 0% aligned 32 shared votes
22 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 19 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
19 Aye 7 No
13 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 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 72 of 650
Participation
89.4 %
17 % above average
Rank 30 of 650
2,022
2,340 eligible divisions
Total votes
495
554 eligible divisions
968
47.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
241
48.7 % of votes cast
1,054
52.1 % of votes cast
No votes
254
51.3 % of votes cast
12
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
13
2.6 % of votes cast
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

67
-0.8 vs Commons average
Rank 241 of 650
Appearances
37
-30.8 vs Commons average
Rank 476 of 650
137
+16.6 vs Commons average
Rank 169 of 650
Contributions
53
-67.4 vs Commons average
Rank 460 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,908,598
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£199,237
all imported IPSA years
£280,834
24 % above average
Latest expenses
£199,237
12 % below average
4
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
Defence
33 of 33 votes
Work / Employment
71 of 75 votes
#2
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Energy
17 of 17 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 45 votes
#4
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
Housing
61 of 66 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
No
No
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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