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Mike Reader vs James Cartlidge

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

Photograph of Mike Reader
Mike Reader
Lab Northampton South
vs
Photograph of James Cartlidge
James Cartlidge
Con South Suffolk

Voting alignment

Mike Reader and James Cartlidge voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 302 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 297 different votes 302 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
4 Aye 6 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
21 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 36 shared votes
14 Aye 22 No
48 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 81 shared votes
33 Aye 48 No
16 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
25 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
1 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
48 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 81 shared votes
33 Aye 48 No
16 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
25 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
1 Aye 25 No
12 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 20 shared votes
8 Aye 12 No
7 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No

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

Voting record

72.5 %
same as average
Rank 376 of 650
Participation
86.4 %
14 % above average
Rank 69 of 650
408
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,030
2,349 eligible divisions
217
53.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
970
47.8 % of votes cast
191
46.8 % of votes cast
No votes
1,060
52.2 % of votes cast
11
2.7 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

58
-12.9 vs Commons average
Rank 339 of 650
Appearances
65
-5.9 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 650
82
-43.8 vs Commons average
Rank 351 of 650
Contributions
163
+37.2 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£208,618
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,908,598
all imported IPSA years
£208,618
8 % below average
Latest expenses
£280,834
24 % above average
17
4 registered categories
Registered interests
4
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

Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#2
Work / Employment
71 of 75 votes
Migration
10 of 11 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Transport
24 of 29 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#5
Housing
61 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
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
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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