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

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)

3,722

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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3 AYE

Health Bill

3 votes · 8 Sept 2026

2 AYE2 NO

Representation of the People Bill

4 votes · 2 Sept 2026

2 AYE

Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage

2 votes · 14 Jul 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

Social Services: South Suffolk

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the increase in employer's National Insurance contributions on social care providers

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care15 Jan 2025

National Grid: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2024 to Question 17189 on National Grid: Costs of the Western and Eastern Links, if he will make an

AnsweredDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero13 Jan 2025

Defence: Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has reached agreement with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the financial year when defence spending will reach 2.5% of GDP.

AnsweredMinistry of Defence13 Jan 2025

Strategic Defence Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the contractual end date is for the principle members of the Strategic Defence Review team.

AnsweredMinistry of Defence13 Jan 2025

Diego Garcia: Military Bases

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many meetings he has held with the incoming US administration on the terms of the Diego Garcia military base as part of the Chagos settlement.

AnsweredMinistry of Defence10 Jan 2025

Chagos Islands: Sovereignty

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of the UK’s contribution to the cost of Chagos settlement will be funded from his Department’s budget.

AnsweredMinistry of Defence10 Jan 2025

Defence Equipment

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the delay to the publication of his Department's annual statistics on armed forces equipment will impact the scheduling of other departmental (a) rep

AnsweredMinistry of Defence10 Jan 2025

Military Aircraft: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans his Department has for procuring a replacement for the Hawk T2.

AnsweredMinistry of Defence9 Jan 2025

Defence Equipment

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his planned timetable is for publishing his Department's annual statistics on armed forces equipment.

AnsweredMinistry of Defence9 Jan 2025

Defence Equipment

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason have the annual armed forces equipment statistics not been published.

AnsweredMinistry of Defence9 Jan 2025
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