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Alan Mak vs Sam Carling

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


Voting alignment

Alan Mak and Sam Carling voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 404 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 398 different votes 404 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
6 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 11% aligned 9 shared votes
2 Aye 7 No
23 Aye 29 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 52 shared votes
28 Aye 24 No
10 Aye 13 No
Defence 4% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
40 Aye 57 No
Tax 0% aligned 97 shared votes
57 Aye 40 No
9 Aye 27 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
27 Aye 9 No
Most different by topic
40 Aye 57 No
Tax 0% aligned 97 shared votes
57 Aye 40 No
9 Aye 27 No
Education 0% aligned 36 shared votes
27 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 28 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
28 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 18 No
Housing 0% aligned 25 shared votes
18 Aye 7 No
12 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No

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

Voting record

85.3%
13% above average
Rank 87 of 649
Participation
89.2%
17% above average
Rank 26 of 649
2,027
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
526
590 eligible divisions
960
47.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
275
52.3% of votes cast
1,067
52.6% of votes cast
No votes
251
47.7% of votes cast
4
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 5 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

24
-59.7 vs Commons average
Rank 581 of 649
Appearances
59
-24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 388 of 649
27
-118.9 vs Commons average
Rank 590 of 649
Contributions
80
-65.9 vs Commons average
Rank 408 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£1,951,902
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£150,223
all imported IPSA years
£292,278
29% above average
Latest expenses
£150,223
34% below average
24
7 registered categories
Registered interests
9
2 registered categories
4
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
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

Brexit / EU
205 of 211 votes
#1
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Trade
84 of 91 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Migration
157 of 171 votes
#4
Housing
31 of 32 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
#5
Energy
19 of 20 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API