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Sojan Joseph vs James Cartlidge

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

Photograph of Sojan Joseph
Sojan Joseph
Lab Ashford
vs
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James Cartlidge
Con South Suffolk

Voting alignment

Sojan Joseph and James Cartlidge voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 400 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 394 different votes 400 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
7 Aye 8 No
Benefits 13% aligned 15 shared votes
6 Aye 9 No
25 Aye 24 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 49 shared votes
23 Aye 26 No
58 Aye 38 No
Tax 0% aligned 96 shared votes
38 Aye 58 No
29 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
8 Aye 29 No
23 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
11 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
58 Aye 38 No
Tax 0% aligned 96 shared votes
38 Aye 58 No
29 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 37 shared votes
8 Aye 29 No
23 Aye 11 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
11 Aye 23 No
13 Aye 13 No
Defence 0% aligned 26 shared votes
13 Aye 13 No
16 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

93.6 %
21 % above average
Rank 5 of 649
Participation
86.4 %
14 % above average
Rank 67 of 649
538
575 eligible divisions
Total votes
2,040
2,361 eligible divisions
274
50.9 % of votes cast
Aye votes
974
47.7 % of votes cast
264
49.1 % of votes cast
No votes
1,066
52.3 % of votes cast
12
2.2 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6 % of votes cast
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

69
-8.9 vs Commons average
Rank 305 of 650
Appearances
67
-10.9 vs Commons average
Rank 314 of 650
86
-52.3 vs Commons average
Rank 367 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

£158,669
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,908,598
all imported IPSA years
£158,669
30 % below average
Latest expenses
£280,834
24 % above average
7
4 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

Education
50 of 50 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
210 of 211 votes
Defence
34 of 34 votes
#2
Work / Employment
73 of 77 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
65 of 69 votes
Transport
29 of 29 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
45 of 48 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 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
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) 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
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
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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