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Esther McVey vs Sam Carling

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

Photograph of Esther McVey
Esther McVey
Con Tatton
vs
Photograph of Sam Carling
Sam Carling
Lab North West Cambridgeshire

Voting alignment

Esther McVey and Sam Carling voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 247 shared comparable votes.

6 same votes 241 different votes 247 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
4 Aye 7 No
Benefits 18% aligned 11 shared votes
5 Aye 6 No
4 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 17% aligned 6 shared votes
1 Aye 5 No
15 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No
24 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 57 shared votes
33 Aye 24 No
4 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
23 Aye 4 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 57 shared votes
33 Aye 24 No
4 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 27 shared votes
23 Aye 4 No
10 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
7 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
8 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No

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

Voting record

64.7%
8% below average
Rank 522 of 649
Participation
89.2%
17% above average
Rank 26 of 649
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
526
590 eligible divisions
630
45.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
275
52.3% of votes cast
743
54.1% of votes cast
No votes
251
47.7% of votes cast
54
3.9% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

108
+25.7 vs Commons average
Rank 141 of 649
Appearances
58
-24.3 vs Commons average
Rank 386 of 649
159
+15.5 vs Commons average
Rank 182 of 649
Contributions
76
-67.5 vs Commons average
Rank 416 of 649

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

Financials and interests

£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£150,223
all imported IPSA years
£295,931
31% above average
Latest expenses
£150,223
34% below average
7
3 registered categories
Registered interests
8
2 registered categories
1
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
62 of 69 votes
#1
Benefits
30 of 30 votes
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
#2
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
#3
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Trade
68 of 87 votes
#4
Housing
31 of 32 votes
Transport
67 of 88 votes
#5
Energy
19 of 20 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
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