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.
2052
Votes Cast
£280,834
Expenses 2024-25
3,047
Majority
33.0%
Vote Share
Expenses (2024-25)
£280,834
Year-on-Year
Election Result(2024 General Election)
Turnout: 48,801 voters
Parliamentary Activity
Counts in the current Parliament
(since 4 July 2024)
3,722
Written Questions
0
Oral Questions
108
Debates Spoken In⚑
290
Speeches⚑
433
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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2052 votes — page 50 of 83
2 NOOpposition Motion
2 votes · 21 Oct 2020
Opposition Motion
2 votes · 21 Oct 2020
The draft Community Infrastructure Levy (Amendment) (England) (no. 2) Regulations 2020
21 Oct 2020
5 AYEImmigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill
5 votes · 19 Oct 2020
Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill
5 votes · 19 Oct 2020
1 AYE2 NOCovert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill
3 votes · 15 Oct 2020
Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill
3 votes · 15 Oct 2020
2 NOOpposition Motion
2 votes · 14 Oct 2020
Opposition Motion
2 votes · 14 Oct 2020
3 NOFisheries Bill [Lords]
3 votes · 13 Oct 2020
Fisheries Bill [Lords]
3 votes · 13 Oct 2020
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
(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
- 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
(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
- 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
(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
- 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
Unmanned Air Systems
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the out of service date is for Desert Hawk III.
Unmanned Air Systems
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress he has made on Project Tiquila.
HMS Lancaster: Guided Weapons
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the deployment of Peregrine on HMS Lancaster.
HMS Lancaster: Guided Weapons
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to expand the deployment of Peregrine on naval vessels beyond HMS Lancaster.
Armed Forces: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to implement the Modernised Accommodation Offer.
Strategic Defence Review: Nuclear Weapons
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Strategic Defence Review will consider the UK's nuclear capability.
Intelligence Services: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 5 March 2025 to Question 33516 on Defence: Finance, whether his plan to spend 2.5% of GDP on defence expenditure in the 2026-27 fin
Freezing of Assets: Russia
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the amount of interest accrued from frozen Russian assets that has been used to provide military aid to Ukraine.
Freezing of Assets: Russia
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the value of unallocated interest from assets frozen as part of the Government’s support for Ukraine.
Freezing of Assets: Russia
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the value is of assets frozen as part of the Government’s support for Ukraine.
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