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Sarah Smith vs James Cartlidge

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

Photograph of Sarah Smith
Sarah Smith
Lab Hyndburn
vs
Photograph of James Cartlidge
James Cartlidge
Con South Suffolk

Voting alignment

Sarah Smith and James Cartlidge voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 266 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 260 different votes 266 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
4 Aye 6 No
Benefits 20% aligned 10 shared votes
4 Aye 6 No
22 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 35 shared votes
13 Aye 22 No
48 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
25 Aye 48 No
20 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
7 Aye 20 No
11 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
48 Aye 25 No
Tax 0% aligned 73 shared votes
25 Aye 48 No
20 Aye 7 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
7 Aye 20 No
11 Aye 10 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
10 Aye 11 No
17 Aye 2 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 19 shared votes
2 Aye 17 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No

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

Voting record

61.5 %
11 % below average
Rank 564 of 650
Participation
86.4 %
14 % above average
Rank 69 of 650
346
563 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,030
2,349 eligible divisions
184
53.2 % of votes cast
Aye votes
970
47.8 % of votes cast
162
46.8 % of votes cast
No votes
1,060
52.2 % of votes cast
13
3.8 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 1 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

50
-20.9 vs Commons average
Rank 384 of 650
Appearances
65
-5.9 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 650
67
-58.8 vs Commons average
Rank 407 of 650
Contributions
163
+37.2 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£195,060
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,908,598
all imported IPSA years
£195,060
14 % below average
Latest expenses
£280,834
24 % above average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
4
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

Trade
4 of 5 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Benefits
22 of 30 votes
#2
Work / Employment
71 of 75 votes
Defence
24 of 33 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Migration
8 of 11 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
Tax
80 of 111 votes
#5
Housing
61 of 66 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
Aye
Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment 23 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: Allocation of Time motion 17 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: Amendment 3 16 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages: New Clause 14 16 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
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
Elections (proportional representation): Ten Minute Rule Motion 3 Dec 2024
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API