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James Cartlidge vs Yvette Cooper

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 Yvette Cooper
Yvette Cooper
Lab Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley

Voting alignment

James Cartlidge and Yvette Cooper voted the same way 6% of the time, based on 1,348 shared comparable votes.

75 same votes 1,273 different votes 1,348 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 103 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 175 shared votes
107 Aye 68 No
17 Aye 25 No
Energy 7% aligned 42 shared votes
28 Aye 14 No
11 Aye 21 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
11 Aye 25 No
Benefits 6% aligned 36 shared votes
23 Aye 13 No
12 Aye 30 No
Education 5% aligned 42 shared votes
32 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
20 Aye 35 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 55 shared votes
35 Aye 20 No
23 Aye 27 No
Transport 0% aligned 50 shared votes
27 Aye 23 No
28 Aye 15 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 43 shared votes
15 Aye 28 No
15 Aye 25 No
Housing 0% aligned 40 shared votes
25 Aye 15 No
20 Aye 16 No
Environment / Climate 0% aligned 36 shared votes
16 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
62.8%
10% below average
Rank 544 of 649
2,052
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,493
2,376 eligible divisions
982
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
855
57.3% of votes cast
1,070
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
638
42.7% of votes cast
14
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
29 years, 4 months
Since 1 May 1997

Debates

61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 649
Appearances
76
-6.3 vs Commons average
Rank 289 of 649
154
+10.5 vs Commons average
Rank 193 of 649
Contributions
1,122
+978.5 vs Commons average
Rank 3 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
£2,905,570
all imported IPSA years
£280,834
24% above average
Latest expenses
£284,172
26% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
8
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
Migration
149 of 171 votes
Work / Employment
73 of 77 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Brexit / EU
176 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
37 of 48 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#5
Trade
68 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
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
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
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
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
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