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Al Carns vs Gregory Stafford

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

Photograph of Al Carns
Al Carns
Lab Birmingham Selly Oak
vs
Photograph of Gregory Stafford
Gregory Stafford
Con Farnham and Bordon

Voting alignment

Al Carns and Gregory Stafford voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 216 shared comparable votes.

8 same votes 208 different votes 216 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
1 Aye 5 No
Benefits 33% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 33% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
9 Aye 14 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
27 Aye 18 No
Tax 2% aligned 45 shared votes
17 Aye 28 No
18 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
5 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
18 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
5 Aye 18 No
10 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 18 shared votes
8 Aye 10 No
16 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 17 shared votes
1 Aye 16 No
5 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 12 shared votes
7 Aye 5 No
2 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 11 shared votes
9 Aye 2 No

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

Voting record

52.9%
20% below average
Rank 614 of 649
Participation
75.9%
3% above average
Rank 290 of 649
312
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
448
590 eligible divisions
147
47.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
208
46.4% of votes cast
165
52.9% of votes cast
No votes
240
53.6% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

75
-8.6 vs Commons average
Rank 292 of 650
Appearances
146
+62.4 vs Commons average
Rank 74 of 650
274
+128.3 vs Commons average
Rank 71 of 650
Contributions
290
+144.3 vs Commons average
Rank 64 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£170,101
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£192,386
all imported IPSA years
£170,101
25% below average
Latest expenses
£192,386
15% below average
7
4 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
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

Environment / Climate
8 of 9 votes
#1
Tax
101 of 112 votes
Trade
6 of 7 votes
#2
Crime / Justice
54 of 62 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 14 votes
#3
Work / Employment
33 of 39 votes
Housing
21 of 32 votes
#4
Education
41 of 50 votes
Defence
22 of 34 votes
#5
Energy
16 of 20 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
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
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
No
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
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
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Sit in private 25 Apr 2025
Tax
No
No
House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill Committee: New Clause 1 12 Nov 2024
Democracy / Parliament
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API