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James Cartlidge vs Zarah Sultana

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


Voting alignment

James Cartlidge and Zarah Sultana voted the same way 8% of the time, based on 1,049 shared comparable votes.

83 same votes 966 different votes 1,049 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
13 Aye 31 No
Housing 20% aligned 44 shared votes
24 Aye 20 No
21 Aye 12 No
Devolution / Local Government 18% aligned 33 shared votes
10 Aye 23 No
61 Aye 60 No
Crime / Justice 14% aligned 121 shared votes
53 Aye 68 No
25 Aye 33 No
Work / Employment 10% aligned 58 shared votes
27 Aye 31 No
23 Aye 20 No
Defence 9% aligned 43 shared votes
20 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
27 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 51 shared votes
24 Aye 27 No
15 Aye 24 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 39 shared votes
24 Aye 15 No
13 Aye 11 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 24 shared votes
11 Aye 13 No
0 Aye 3 No
Cost of Living 0% aligned 3 shared votes
3 Aye 0 No
94 Aye 38 No
Migration 2% aligned 132 shared votes
35 Aye 97 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
74.7%
2% above average
Rank 319 of 649
2,052
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,238
1,658 eligible divisions
982
47.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
639
51.6% of votes cast
1,070
52.1% of votes cast
No votes
599
48.4% of votes cast
14
0.7% of votes cast
Against party
4
0.3% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

61
-20.7 vs Commons average
Rank 360 of 649
Appearances
18
-63.7 vs Commons average
Rank 599 of 649
154
+11.8 vs Commons average
Rank 187 of 649
Contributions
20
-122.2 vs Commons average
Rank 602 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
£1,325,082
all imported IPSA years
£280,834
24% above average
Latest expenses
£293,732
30% above average
3
1 registered category
Registered interests
13
6 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
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
Work / Employment
62 of 67 votes
Work / Employment
73 of 77 votes
#2
Migration
142 of 154 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Housing
46 of 54 votes
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
#4
Trade
44 of 53 votes
Housing
62 of 67 votes
#5
NHS / Health
39 of 47 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API