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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.


Voting alignment

Alistair Strathern and Sam Carling voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 471 shared comparable votes.

471 same votes 0 different votes 471 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 45 No
Tax 100% aligned 103 shared votes
58 Aye 45 No
29 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 54 shared votes
29 Aye 25 No
24 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
24 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 45 No
Tax 100% aligned 103 shared votes
58 Aye 45 No
29 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 54 shared votes
29 Aye 25 No
24 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
24 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

79.3%
7% above average
Rank 217 of 649
Participation
89.2%
17% above average
Rank 26 of 649
602
759 eligible divisions
Total votes
526
590 eligible divisions
308
51.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
275
52.3% of votes cast
294
48.8% of votes cast
No votes
251
47.7% of votes cast
0
0.0% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 10 months
Since 19 Oct 2023
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

63
-18.8 vs Commons average
Rank 351 of 649
Appearances
58
-23.8 vs Commons average
Rank 385 of 649
72
-70.5 vs Commons average
Rank 429 of 649
Contributions
76
-66.5 vs Commons average
Rank 415 of 649

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
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
8
2 registered categories
2
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
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Environment / Climate
11 of 11 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#4
Housing
31 of 32 votes
Energy
24 of 25 votes
#5
Energy
19 of 20 votes

Recent voting overlap

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

Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API