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John Whitby vs James Cartlidge

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

Photograph of John Whitby
John Whitby
Lab Derbyshire Dales
vs
Photograph of James Cartlidge
James Cartlidge
Con South Suffolk

Voting alignment

John Whitby and James Cartlidge voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 363 shared comparable votes.

9 same votes 354 different votes 363 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
7 Aye 8 No
Benefits 13% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No
26 Aye 22 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 48 shared votes
21 Aye 27 No
50 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 82 shared votes
32 Aye 50 No
28 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
8 Aye 28 No
21 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
6 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
50 Aye 32 No
Tax 0% aligned 82 shared votes
32 Aye 50 No
28 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
8 Aye 28 No
21 Aye 6 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
6 Aye 21 No
19 Aye 7 No
Housing 0% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No
11 Aye 12 No
Defence 0% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

89.3 %
17 % above average
Rank 30 of 650
Participation
86.4 %
14 % above average
Rank 73 of 650
492
551 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,019
2,337 eligible divisions
253
51.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
966
47.8 % of votes cast
239
48.6 % of votes cast
No votes
1,053
52.2 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6 % of votes cast
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

59
-8.5 vs Commons average
Rank 304 of 650
Appearances
68
+0.5 vs Commons average
Rank 230 of 650
73
-46.9 vs Commons average
Rank 370 of 650
Contributions
122
+2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 192 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£189,571
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,908,598
all imported IPSA years
£189,571
16 % below average
Latest expenses
£280,834
24 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
1 registered category
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

Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Defence
31 of 31 votes
#2
Work / Employment
71 of 75 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 45 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#5
Housing
61 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: New Clause 4 22 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Clean Air Zones Central Services (Fees) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 16 Jun 2026
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Railways Bill: Third Reading 10 Jun 2026
Transport
No
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 148 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Railways Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 143 10 Jun 2026
Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
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
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill Report Stage: Amendment (a) to New Clause 10 16 May 2025
No
Aye
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
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