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Claire Hughes vs Sam Carling

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

Photograph of Claire Hughes
Claire Hughes
Lab Bangor Aberconwy
vs
Photograph of Sam Carling
Sam Carling
Lab North West Cambridgeshire

Voting alignment

Claire Hughes and Sam Carling voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 442 shared comparable votes.

442 same votes 0 different votes 442 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 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 98 shared votes
58 Aye 40 No
31 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 46 shared votes
31 Aye 15 No
28 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 45 shared votes
28 Aye 17 No
20 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 14 No
Benefits 100% aligned 30 shared votes
16 Aye 14 No
Most different by topic
58 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 98 shared votes
58 Aye 40 No
31 Aye 15 No
Education 100% aligned 46 shared votes
31 Aye 15 No
28 Aye 17 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 45 shared votes
28 Aye 17 No
20 Aye 11 No
Housing 100% aligned 31 shared votes
20 Aye 11 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

90.8 %
18 % above average
Rank 18 of 647
Participation
91.4 %
18 % above average
Rank 16 of 647
484
533 eligible divisions
Total votes
487
533 eligible divisions
255
52.7 % of votes cast
Aye votes
258
53.0 % of votes cast
229
47.3 % 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
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

16
-46.3 vs Commons average
Rank 595 of 647
Appearances
55
-7.3 vs Commons average
Rank 309 of 647
16
-95.9 vs Commons average
Rank 607 of 647
Contributions
76
-35.9 vs Commons average
Rank 337 of 647

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

Financials and interests

£180,797
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£150,223
all imported IPSA years
£180,797
20 % below 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

Education
49 of 49 votes
#1
Work / Employment
37 of 37 votes
Housing
31 of 31 votes
#2
Housing
31 of 31 votes
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
#3
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
#4
Defence
22 of 22 votes
Energy
17 of 17 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 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
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