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Ms Diane Abbott vs James Cartlidge

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


Voting alignment

Ms Diane Abbott and James Cartlidge voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,353 shared comparable votes.

66 same votes 1,287 different votes 1,353 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
108 Aye 66 No
Brexit / EU 7% aligned 174 shared votes
69 Aye 105 No
74 Aye 77 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 151 shared votes
82 Aye 69 No
23 Aye 13 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 36 shared votes
15 Aye 21 No
22 Aye 20 No
Benefits 5% aligned 42 shared votes
18 Aye 24 No
16 Aye 12 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 28 shared votes
11 Aye 17 No
Most different by topic
28 Aye 34 No
Trade 0% aligned 62 shared votes
34 Aye 28 No
24 Aye 26 No
Transport 0% aligned 50 shared votes
26 Aye 24 No
23 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 41 shared votes
18 Aye 23 No
19 Aye 18 No
Defence 0% aligned 37 shared votes
18 Aye 19 No
15 Aye 14 No
Energy 0% aligned 29 shared votes
14 Aye 15 No

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

Voting record

64.1%
9% below average
Rank 531 of 649
Participation
86.4%
14% above average
Rank 67 of 649
1,523
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,052
2,376 eligible divisions
850
55.8% of votes cast
Aye votes
982
47.9% of votes cast
673
44.2% of votes cast
No votes
1,070
52.1% of votes cast
33
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
14
0.7% of votes cast
39 years, 3 months
Since 11 Jun 1987
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

21
-61.3 vs Commons average
Rank 588 of 649
Appearances
61
-21.3 vs Commons average
Rank 359 of 649
28
-115.5 vs Commons average
Rank 578 of 649
Contributions
154
+10.5 vs Commons average
Rank 193 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,702,592
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,908,598
all imported IPSA years
£270,312
20% above average
Latest expenses
£280,834
24% above average
3
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

Brexit / EU
175 of 211 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Trade
70 of 91 votes
#2
Work / Employment
73 of 77 votes
Migration
129 of 171 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Work / Employment
58 of 77 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
NHS / Health
41 of 56 votes
#5
Housing
62 of 67 votes

Recent voting overlap

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