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Mr James Frith vs James Cartlidge

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

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Mr James Frith
Lab Bury North
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Photograph of James Cartlidge
James Cartlidge
Con South Suffolk

Voting alignment

Mr James Frith and James Cartlidge voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 690 shared comparable votes.

30 same votes 660 different votes 690 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
11 Aye 7 No
Benefits 11% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
4 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 10% aligned 10 shared votes
5 Aye 5 No
22 Aye 29 No
Crime / Justice 8% aligned 51 shared votes
29 Aye 22 No
69 Aye 37 No
Brexit / EU 6% aligned 106 shared votes
35 Aye 71 No
27 Aye 12 No
Education 3% aligned 39 shared votes
13 Aye 26 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 12 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
12 Aye 24 No
23 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 33 shared votes
10 Aye 23 No
16 Aye 15 No
Trade 0% aligned 31 shared votes
15 Aye 16 No
15 Aye 9 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 24 shared votes
9 Aye 15 No
11 Aye 9 No
Energy 0% aligned 20 shared votes
9 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

75.6%
3% above average
Rank 297 of 649
Participation
86.4%
14% above average
Rank 67 of 649
446
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,052
2,376 eligible divisions
219
49.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
982
47.9% of votes cast
227
50.9% of votes cast
No votes
1,070
52.1% of votes cast
11
2.5% of votes cast
Against party
14
0.7% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

31
-52.7 vs Commons average
Rank 554 of 649
Appearances
62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 361 of 649
47
-98.9 vs Commons average
Rank 518 of 649
Contributions
155
+9.1 vs Commons average
Rank 196 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£817,882
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,908,598
all imported IPSA years
£210,945
7% below average
Latest expenses
£280,834
24% above average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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

Migration
13 of 13 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
#2
Work / Employment
73 of 77 votes
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
Education
46 of 50 votes
#5
Housing
62 of 67 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye rebel
No rebel
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye rebel
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
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
Where they voted the same
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
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
Aye
Early Parliamentary General Election Bill: Third Reading 29 Oct 2019
Aye
No
European Union (Withdrawal) (No.5) Bill Committee Amdt 1 - Main 3 Apr 2019
Brexit / EU
No
No
European Union (Withdrawal) (No.5) Bill Committee NC4 - Cash 3 Apr 2019
Brexit / EU
No
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