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James Cartlidge vs Valerie Vaz

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


Voting alignment

James Cartlidge and Valerie Vaz voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,614 shared comparable votes.

76 same votes 1,538 different votes 1,614 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 108 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 180 shared votes
112 Aye 68 No
76 Aye 80 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 156 shared votes
85 Aye 71 No
17 Aye 22 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 39 shared votes
24 Aye 15 No
21 Aye 27 No
Energy 4% aligned 48 shared votes
29 Aye 19 No
17 Aye 13 No
Democracy / Parliament 3% aligned 30 shared votes
12 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
38 Aye 32 No
Transport 0% aligned 70 shared votes
32 Aye 38 No
36 Aye 30 No
Trade 0% aligned 66 shared votes
30 Aye 36 No
23 Aye 40 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 63 shared votes
40 Aye 23 No
20 Aye 33 No
Housing 0% aligned 53 shared votes
33 Aye 20 No
20 Aye 19 No
Defence 0% aligned 39 shared votes
19 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
76.6%
4% above average
Rank 275 of 649
2,052
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,821
2,376 eligible divisions
982
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
1,024
56.2% of votes cast
1,070
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
797
43.8% of votes cast
14
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
13
0.7% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010

Debates

61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 649
Appearances
29
-53.3 vs Commons average
Rank 561 of 649
154
+10.5 vs Commons average
Rank 193 of 649
Contributions
14
-129.5 vs Commons average
Rank 616 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
£2,436,824
all imported IPSA years
£280,834
24% above average
Latest expenses
£218,663
3% below average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
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
67 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
73 of 77 votes
#2
Education
91 of 96 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
181 of 211 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#5
Transport
80 of 95 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No rebel
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API