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Alistair Strathern vs Sam Carling

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

Photograph of Alistair Strathern
Alistair Strathern
Lab Hitchin
vs
Photograph of Sam Carling
Sam Carling
Lab North West Cambridgeshire

Voting alignment

Alistair Strathern and Sam Carling voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 437 shared comparable votes.

437 same votes 0 different votes 437 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
58 Aye 42 No
Tax 100% aligned 100 shared votes
58 Aye 42 No
29 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 54 shared votes
29 Aye 25 No
23 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
23 Aye 15 No
23 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
20 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
58 Aye 42 No
Tax 100% aligned 100 shared votes
58 Aye 42 No
29 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 54 shared votes
29 Aye 25 No
23 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 38 shared votes
23 Aye 15 No
23 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 32 shared votes
23 Aye 9 No
20 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No

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

Voting record

79.1 %
6 % above average
Rank 230 of 647
Participation
91.4 %
18 % above average
Rank 16 of 647
555
702 eligible divisions
Total votes
487
533 eligible divisions
289
52.1 % of votes cast
Aye votes
258
53.0 % of votes cast
266
47.9 % of votes cast
No votes
229
47.0 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
2 years, 7 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

53
-9.7 vs Commons average
Rank 317 of 647
Appearances
55
-7.7 vs Commons average
Rank 303 of 647
62
-50.7 vs Commons average
Rank 404 of 647
Contributions
76
-36.7 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£379,404
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£150,223
all imported IPSA years
£295,499
31 % above average
Latest expenses
£150,223
34 % below average
1
1 registered category
Registered interests
3
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

Benefits
31 of 31 votes
#1
Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
Environment / Climate
8 of 8 votes
#2
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Devolution / Local Government
25 of 26 votes
#4
Defence
22 of 22 votes
Energy
21 of 22 votes
#5
Transport
21 of 21 votes

Recent voting overlap

These MPs agreed on every division where both voted in the current comparison sample.

Where they voted the same
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 13 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
Aye
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (p) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (o) 20 May 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i) 19 May 2026
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API