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Christian Wakeford vs Sam Carling

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

Photograph of Christian Wakeford
Christian Wakeford
Lab Bury South
vs
Photograph of Sam Carling
Sam Carling
Lab North West Cambridgeshire

Voting alignment

Christian Wakeford and Sam Carling voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 417 shared comparable votes.

417 same votes 0 different votes 417 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
44 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 78 shared votes
44 Aye 34 No
30 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 55 shared votes
30 Aye 25 No
28 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
28 Aye 11 No
27 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
27 Aye 9 No
16 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
44 Aye 34 No
Tax 100% aligned 78 shared votes
44 Aye 34 No
30 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 55 shared votes
30 Aye 25 No
28 Aye 11 No
Education 100% aligned 39 shared votes
28 Aye 11 No
27 Aye 9 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 36 shared votes
27 Aye 9 No
16 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No

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

Voting record

85.8 %
13 % above average
Rank 90 of 648
Participation
92.6 %
19 % above average
Rank 13 of 648
1,367
1,594 eligible divisions
Total votes
487
526 eligible divisions
662
48.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
258
53.0 % of votes cast
705
51.6 % of votes cast
No votes
229
47.0 % of votes cast
9
0.7 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
6 years, 5 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

1
-59.4 vs Commons average
Rank 637 of 648
Appearances
53
-7.4 vs Commons average
Rank 300 of 648
1
-107.9 vs Commons average
Rank 633 of 648
Contributions
74
-34.9 vs Commons average
Rank 325 of 648

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

Financials and interests

£1,415,566
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£150,223
all imported IPSA years
£335,718
48 % above average
Latest expenses
£150,223
34 % below average
0
0 registered categories
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

Foreign Affairs
50 of 50 votes
#1
Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
Defence
57 of 58 votes
#2
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Work / Employment
61 of 65 votes
#3
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Environment / Climate
38 of 41 votes
#4
Defence
22 of 22 votes
Democracy / Parliament
34 of 37 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
Aye
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
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
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Voting source Commons Votes API