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Alison Hume vs Sam Carling

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

Photograph of Alison Hume
Alison Hume
Lab Scarborough and Whitby
vs
Photograph of Sam Carling
Sam Carling
Lab North West Cambridgeshire

Voting alignment

Alison Hume and Sam Carling voted the same way 99% of the time, based on 449 shared comparable votes.

445 same votes 4 different votes 449 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
50 Aye 42 No
Tax 100% aligned 92 shared votes
50 Aye 42 No
31 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 52 shared votes
31 Aye 21 No
27 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 42 shared votes
27 Aye 15 No
12 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No
16 Aye 8 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 24 shared votes
16 Aye 8 No
Most different by topic
8 Aye 11 No
Benefits 79% aligned 19 shared votes
8 Aye 11 No
50 Aye 42 No
Tax 100% aligned 92 shared votes
50 Aye 42 No
31 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 52 shared votes
31 Aye 21 No
27 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 42 shared votes
27 Aye 15 No
12 Aye 16 No
Defence 100% aligned 28 shared votes
12 Aye 16 No

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

Voting record

79.0%
7% above average
Rank 217 of 650
Participation
89.4%
17% above average
Rank 26 of 650
490
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
554
620 eligible divisions
229
46.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
287
51.8% of votes cast
261
53.3% of votes cast
No votes
267
48.2% of votes cast
4
0.8% 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

107
+14.9 vs Commons average
Rank 179 of 650
Appearances
57
-35.1 vs Commons average
Rank 443 of 650
132
-28.1 vs Commons average
Rank 280 of 650
Contributions
74
-86.1 vs Commons average
Rank 456 of 650

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

Financials and interests

£231,319
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£150,223
all imported IPSA years
£231,319
2% above average
Latest expenses
£150,223
34% below average
3
3 registered categories
Registered interests
9
2 registered categories
0
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

Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
#1
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Migration
13 of 13 votes
#2
Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Devolution / Local Government
23 of 24 votes
#4
Housing
31 of 32 votes
Defence
32 of 34 votes
#5
Work / Employment
40 of 42 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 38 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No rebel
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: Clause 2, as amended, and Clause 3 stand part 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 21 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 47 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 4 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 52 19 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API