James Cartlidge

MP since 7 May 2015

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James Cartlidge is the Conservative MP for South Suffolk, and has been an MP continually since 7 May 2015. He currently undertakes the role of Shadow Secretary of State for Defence.

2040

Votes Cast

£280,834

Expenses 2024-25

3,047

Majority

33.0%

Vote Share

Expenses (2024-25)

£280,834

Staffing£223,999
Accommodation£36,619
Office£14,414
Travel£5,803

Year-on-Year

2024-25£280,834
2023-24£196,093
2022-23£207,104
2021-22£210,715
2020-21£200,446
2019-20£187,769
2018-19£186,969
2017-18£140,486
2016-17£154,542
2015-16£104,609

Election Result(2024 General Election)

Turnout: 48,801 voters

Conservative
16,082 votes33.0%
Labour
13,035 votes26.7%
Reform UK
9,252 votes19.0%
Liberal Democrat
6,424 votes13.2%
Green Party
4,008 votes8.2%

Parliamentary Activity

Counts in the current Parliament
(since 4 July 2024)

3,559

Written Questions

0

Oral Questions

108

Debates Spoken In

290

Speeches

421

Divisions Voted

Debates and speeches are sourced from Hansard contributions. The Hansard backfill is still in progress — counts will grow over the next few days as historic days are ingested.

Voting Record

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2 AYE

Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage

2 votes · 14 Jul 2026

2 AYE

Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee

2 votes · 1 Jul 2026

3 AYE

Armed Forces Bill Report Stage

3 votes · 22 Jun 2026

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Financial Interests(3)

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

Dr Sarah Ingham

£5,000

£5,000
Name of donor
Dr Sarah Ingham
Address of donor
private
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind
£5,000
Donor status
individual

Registered 10 June 2025

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

James Uffindell

£5,000 donation towards the provision of a member of staff

£5,000
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

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

Dr Sarah Ingham

Sponsorship of a fundraising dinner

£2,006
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

Activity Pulse

Questions asked and motions sponsored by James in Parliament

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2026 to Question 106653 on Type 83 Destroyers: Procurement, when the outline business case will be submitted.

Ministry of Defence26 Jun 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2026 to Question 106653 on Type 83 Destroyers: Procurement, whether the review of the Type 83 concept will published as

Ministry of Defence26 Jun 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 5 of the Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, how much of the new savings have been achieved as of 26 June 2026.

Ministry of Defence26 Jun 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 5 of the Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, how much saving will be achieved through (a) efficiency and productivity

Ministry of Defence26 Jun 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 6 of the Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, how much of the new funding for homeland air and missile defence has been

Ministry of Defence26 Jun 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to accelerate the delivery of the Global Combat Air Programme.

Ministry of Defence26 Jun 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has a target date for the first flight trial of the Global Combat Air Programme demonstrator.

Ministry of Defence26 Jun 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 6 of the Strategic Defence Review, published 2 June 2025, how much of the £1bn investment to deliver the new Digital Targeting Web has

Ministry of Defence26 Jun 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she plans to implement the proposed exemption from mandatory Biodiversity Net Gain for developments of less than 0.2 hect

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs26 Jun 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 6 of the Strategic Defence Review, published on 2 June 2025, whether all of the new long-range weapons will be delivered in the curren

Ministry of Defence26 Jun 2026
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