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Brian Mathew vs Sam Carling

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


Voting alignment

Brian Mathew and Sam Carling voted the same way 14% of the time, based on 351 shared comparable votes.

49 same votes 302 different votes 351 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
5 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 57% aligned 7 shared votes
2 Aye 5 No
5 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 50% aligned 6 shared votes
4 Aye 2 No
2 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 33% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 1 No
Foreign Affairs 33% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
6 Aye 1 No
Energy 29% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
30 Aye 39 No
Tax 0% aligned 69 shared votes
39 Aye 30 No
3 Aye 1 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
9 Aye 24 No
Education 3% aligned 33 shared votes
25 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 15 No
Devolution / Local Government 5% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 11% aligned 27 shared votes
21 Aye 6 No

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

Voting record

65.5%
6% below average
Rank 497 of 649
Participation
89.2%
18% above average
Rank 26 of 649
381
582 eligible divisions
Total votes
519
582 eligible divisions
193
50.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
272
52.4% of votes cast
188
49.3% of votes cast
No votes
247
47.6% of votes cast
11
2.9% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

82
+2.4 vs Commons average
Rank 237 of 649
Appearances
62
-17.6 vs Commons average
Rank 355 of 649
92
-46.7 vs Commons average
Rank 352 of 649
Contributions
83
-55.7 vs Commons average
Rank 382 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£157,740
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£150,223
all imported IPSA years
£157,740
30% below average
Latest expenses
£150,223
34% below average
4
3 registered categories
Registered interests
8
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

#1
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Digital / Online Safety
10 of 11 votes
#2
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
#3
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Housing
27 of 31 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Benefits
25 of 30 votes
#5
Energy
19 of 20 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API