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Sarah Pochin vs James Cartlidge

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

Photograph of Sarah Pochin
Sarah Pochin
RUK Runcorn and Helsby
vs
Photograph of James Cartlidge
James Cartlidge
Con South Suffolk

Voting alignment

Sarah Pochin and James Cartlidge voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 174 shared comparable votes.

170 same votes 4 different votes 174 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
9 Aye 18 No
Tax 100% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No
0 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 16 shared votes
0 Aye 16 No
5 Aye 10 No
Defence 100% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No
4 Aye 5 No
Benefits 100% aligned 9 shared votes
4 Aye 5 No
7 Aye 1 No
Transport 100% aligned 8 shared votes
7 Aye 1 No
Most different by topic
3 Aye 17 No
Housing 95% aligned 20 shared votes
4 Aye 16 No
14 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 97% aligned 32 shared votes
13 Aye 19 No
9 Aye 18 No
Tax 100% aligned 27 shared votes
9 Aye 18 No
0 Aye 16 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 16 shared votes
0 Aye 16 No
5 Aye 10 No
Defence 100% aligned 15 shared votes
5 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

56.8 %
16 % below average
Rank 598 of 649
Participation
86.4 %
14 % above average
Rank 67 of 649
221
389 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,040
2,361 eligible divisions
97
43.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
974
47.7 % of votes cast
124
56.1 % of votes cast
No votes
1,066
52.3 % of votes cast
7
3.2 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6 % of votes cast
1 years, 3 months
Since 1 May 2025
Commons service
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

96
+18.1 vs Commons average
Rank 160 of 650
Appearances
67
-10.9 vs Commons average
Rank 314 of 650
115
-23.3 vs Commons average
Rank 248 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

£0
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,908,598
all imported IPSA years
n/a
average unavailable
Latest expenses
£280,834
24 % above average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
3
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

Trade
7 of 7 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#2
Work / Employment
73 of 77 votes
Housing
22 of 24 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Digital / Online Safety
9 of 10 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
Energy
6 of 8 votes
#5
Housing
61 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
Aye
Aye
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Planning and Infrastructure Bill Report Stage: Amendment 69 9 Jun 2025
Housing
Aye
No
Closure motion 16 May 2025
Aye rebel
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
No
No
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
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