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Rebecca Long Bailey vs James Cartlidge

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

Photograph of Rebecca Long Bailey
Rebecca Long Bailey
Lab Salford
vs
Photograph of James Cartlidge
James Cartlidge
Con South Suffolk

Voting alignment

Rebecca Long Bailey and James Cartlidge voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,574 shared comparable votes.

69 same votes 1,505 different votes 1,574 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
112 Aye 64 No
Brexit / EU 8% aligned 176 shared votes
68 Aye 108 No
82 Aye 76 No
Crime / Justice 4% aligned 158 shared votes
77 Aye 81 No
28 Aye 21 No
Benefits 4% aligned 49 shared votes
19 Aye 30 No
41 Aye 19 No
Education 3% aligned 60 shared votes
21 Aye 39 No
20 Aye 16 No
NHS / Health 3% aligned 36 shared votes
17 Aye 19 No
Most different by topic
32 Aye 36 No
Trade 0% aligned 68 shared votes
36 Aye 32 No
41 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 59 shared votes
18 Aye 41 No
32 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 58 shared votes
26 Aye 32 No
31 Aye 22 No
Housing 0% aligned 53 shared votes
22 Aye 31 No
26 Aye 24 No
Defence 0% aligned 50 shared votes
24 Aye 26 No

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

Voting record

76.7 %
4 % above average
Rank 273 of 649
Participation
86.4 %
14 % above average
Rank 67 of 649
1,812
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,040
2,361 eligible divisions
1,007
55.6 % of votes cast
Aye votes
974
47.7 % of votes cast
805
44.4 % of votes cast
No votes
1,066
52.3 % of votes cast
25
1.4 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6 % of votes cast
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

44
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 466 of 650
Appearances
67
-10.9 vs Commons average
Rank 314 of 650
45
-93.3 vs Commons average
Rank 515 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

£1,991,058
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,908,598
all imported IPSA years
£259,636
15 % above average
Latest expenses
£280,834
24 % above average
5
1 registered category
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

Defence
68 of 71 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#2
Work / Employment
73 of 77 votes
Housing
58 of 66 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 43 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
Environment / Climate
41 of 48 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
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
Where they voted the same
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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 Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
Aye
Draft Postal Packets (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2023 18 Jul 2023
Aye
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