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James Cartlidge

Conservative South Suffolk

Voting record

3
Voted for
4
Voted against
2
Didn’t vote

Based on 9 recorded Commons divisions at Second or Third Reading of bills tracked by Hear, Hear — not a full voting record. “Didn’t vote” means Parliament has no vote recorded for them in that division (absent, abstained, paired, or excused). See the All votes tab below for every division.

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Whip meter Estimate 76%

How often James Cartlidge voted the same way as most of the Conservative party, across every recorded division. Parliament doesn’t publish whether a vote was officially whipped, so this is our best estimate from the public record — not a confirmed fact.

Recent votes
Representation of the People Bill — voted No at 3rd reading
Immigration and Asylum Bill — voted didn't vote at 2nd reading
Railways Bill — voted No at 3rd reading
Courts and Tribunals Bill — voted No at 2nd reading
Railways Bill — voted didn't vote at 2nd reading
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill — voted No at 2nd reading
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — voted Aye at 3rd reading
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — voted Aye at 3rd reading

Government & opposition roles

James Cartlidge currently holds 1 government or shadow front-bench post. See Government for who else currently holds one.

Currently holds
Shadow Secretary of State for Defence — Ministry of Defence — since 2024-07-08 Shadow
Previously held
Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) — Ministry of Defence (2023-04-21 to 2024-07-05) Government
Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury) — HM Treasury (2022-10-28 to 2023-04-21) Government
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Ministry of Justice) (and Assistant Government Whip) — Whips Office (Commons) (2021-09-19 to 2022-07-07) Government
Assistant Whip — Whips Office (Commons) (2021-09-19 to 2022-07-07) Government

Declared financial interests

From Parliament’s Register of Members’ Financial Interests — Parliament’s official register for James Cartlidge →. Topic tags below are our own automated, best-effort keyword match, not Parliament’s classification.

2. (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation

Name of donor: James Uffindell
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £5,000 donation towards the provision of a member of staff
Donor status: individual
(Registered 14 October 2025)

Name of donor: Dr Sarah Ingham
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Sponsorship of a fundraising dinner, value £2,005.90
Donor status: individual
(Registered 15 October 2025)

Name of donor: Dr Sarah Ingham
Address of donor: private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £10,000 to provide a member of staff.
Donor status: individual
(Registered 6 May 2026)

Written questions to government

No written questions on file for James Cartlidge yet — this only covers what Hear, Hear has fetched so far (see Written questions), not necessarily every question James Cartlidge has ever tabled.

Business costs (IPSA)

£301,990.49 paid out to or for James Cartlidge across 188 claims — combining every financial year on file, not just the current one — covering office costs, accommodation, travel, and bought-in/temporary staffing. This does not include James Cartlidge’s permanent staff’s salaries — typically the biggest single share of an MP’s real costs — which IPSA only publishes once a year, after the year closes, as one aggregate figure, never as individual claims. Some categories (especially travel) are reported by IPSA as one whole-year total rather than itemised by date — marked “Aggregated” below. See MP expenses to filter this to a single year.

By category
Staffing — £223,998.81 (6 claims)
Accommodation — £40,880.72 (29 claims)
Office Costs — £31,308.41 (133 claims)
Staff Travel — £3,154.59 (10 claims)
MP Travel — £2,617.96 (9 claims)
Dependant Travel — £30.00 (1 claim)
Most recent claims
Equipment - purchase — £2,676.00, 2026-03-27 — Other office equipment
Equipment - purchase — £419.00, 2026-03-26 — Other office equipment
Equipment - purchase — £109.00, 2026-03-26 — Other office equipment
Venue hire, meetings & surgeries — £205.86, 2026-03-18 — [200013613-15318]
Stationery & printing — £2,226.00, 2026-03-16 — KEITH AVIS PRINTERS 0 [200013613-10551]
Stationery & printing — £222.00, 2026-03-16 — KEITH AVIS PRINTERS 0 [200013613-10552]
Postage & couriers — £3,274.03, 2026-03-12 — LEAFLETDROP [200013613-12073]
Stationery & printing — £188.40, 2026-03-10 — Banner March 2026

Every claim on file for James Cartlidge →

Early Day Motions

No Early Day Motions on file as tabled by James Cartlidge — this only covers motions tabled within Hear, Hear’s current tracking window (see Early Day Motions), not necessarily James Cartlidge’s full record.

All-Party Parliamentary Groups

James Cartlidge isn’t listed as an officer of any All-Party Parliamentary Group on file — true of most MPs. See APPGs for the full register.

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