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Naz Shah vs James Cartlidge

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

Photograph of Naz Shah
Naz Shah
Lab Bradford West
vs
Photograph of James Cartlidge
James Cartlidge
Con South Suffolk

Voting alignment

Naz Shah and James Cartlidge voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,363 shared comparable votes.

61 same votes 1,302 different votes 1,363 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
109 Aye 59 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 168 shared votes
63 Aye 105 No
21 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 5% aligned 37 shared votes
18 Aye 19 No
9 Aye 14 No
Democracy / Parliament 4% aligned 23 shared votes
13 Aye 10 No
19 Aye 7 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 26 shared votes
8 Aye 18 No
68 Aye 79 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 147 shared votes
78 Aye 69 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 30 No
Trade 0% aligned 61 shared votes
30 Aye 31 No
27 Aye 30 No
Transport 0% aligned 57 shared votes
30 Aye 27 No
39 Aye 15 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 54 shared votes
15 Aye 39 No
31 Aye 21 No
Housing 0% aligned 52 shared votes
21 Aye 31 No
21 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 44 shared votes
23 Aye 21 No

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

Voting record

65.3%
7% below average
Rank 514 of 649
Participation
86.4%
14% above average
Rank 67 of 649
1,551
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,052
2,376 eligible divisions
860
55.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
982
47.9% of votes cast
691
44.6% of votes cast
No votes
1,070
52.1% of votes cast
16
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
14
0.7% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

22
-61.7 vs Commons average
Rank 587 of 649
Appearances
62
-21.7 vs Commons average
Rank 361 of 649
26
-119.9 vs Commons average
Rank 593 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

£2,337,527
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,908,598
all imported IPSA years
£312,636
38% above average
Latest expenses
£280,834
24% above average
9
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

Housing
57 of 67 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
58 of 69 votes
#2
Work / Employment
73 of 77 votes
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
NHS / Health
45 of 56 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
Brexit / EU
169 of 211 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
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
Aye
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
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
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
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
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes Order 2023 4 Dec 2023
Environment / Climate
Aye
Aye
Draft Postal Packets (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2023 18 Jul 2023
Aye
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