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Matt Rodda vs James Cartlidge

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

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Matt Rodda
Lab Reading Central
vs
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James Cartlidge
Con South Suffolk

Voting alignment

Matt Rodda and James Cartlidge voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,486 shared comparable votes.

66 same votes 1,420 different votes 1,486 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
97 Aye 65 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 162 shared votes
66 Aye 96 No
21 Aye 18 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 39 shared votes
20 Aye 19 No
22 Aye 19 No
Benefits 5% aligned 41 shared votes
17 Aye 24 No
70 Aye 72 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 142 shared votes
72 Aye 70 No
38 Aye 13 No
Education 4% aligned 51 shared votes
15 Aye 36 No
Most different by topic
35 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 63 shared votes
28 Aye 35 No
41 Aye 21 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 62 shared votes
21 Aye 41 No
28 Aye 31 No
Trade 0% aligned 59 shared votes
31 Aye 28 No
25 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 49 shared votes
24 Aye 25 No
32 Aye 15 No
Housing 0% aligned 47 shared votes
15 Aye 32 No

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

Voting record

81.7 %
9 % above average
Rank 168 of 649
Participation
86.4 %
14 % above average
Rank 67 of 649
1,720
2,106 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,040
2,361 eligible divisions
941
54.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
974
47.7 % of votes cast
779
45.3 % of votes cast
No votes
1,066
52.3 % of votes cast
14
0.8 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6 % of votes cast
9 years, 2 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

81
+3.1 vs Commons average
Rank 234 of 650
Appearances
67
-10.9 vs Commons average
Rank 314 of 650
101
-37.3 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 650
Contributions
165
+26.7 vs Commons average
Rank 159 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£1,641,237
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,908,598
all imported IPSA years
£254,181
12 % above average
Latest expenses
£280,834
24 % above average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
1 registered category
1
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

Defence
68 of 71 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Housing
51 of 54 votes
#2
Work / Employment
73 of 77 votes
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Education
70 of 76 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
Work / Employment
67 of 73 votes
#5
Housing
61 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 64: Rates of alcohol duty 2 Dec 2025
Tax
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: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Motion to sit in private 17 May 2024
Tax
No
Aye
Tobacco and Vapes Bill: Second Reading 16 Apr 2024
NHS / Health
Aye
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
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